November 2023

Conference Paper

Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Simulation Algorithm for Evaluation of Photovoltaic (PV) Generation Systems

By:
Choi, Jongchan ; Debnath, Suman
Page Number:
1-6
Book Title:
2021 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC)
Publication Date:
November 9, 2023
Conference Name:
IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC) 2021
Conference Location:
Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
Conference Sponsor:
IEEE
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1109/KPEC51835.2021.9446234

Abstract

Use of inverter-based resources facilitating renewable energy resources such as photovoltaic (PV) generation is increasing rapidly with decreasing costs and reduced emissions associated. To accommodate such rapid growth of inverter-based resources like PV systems, electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation models of both PV systems and grids are required to analyze the interaction of PVs in the grid (like the post-event analysis). In addition, the EMT simulation would help with the planning of future power grid with a large number of PVs as well as other inverter-based distributed generation systems. In this paper, the EMT simulation models of PV systems and grids are developed based on the differential algebraic equations (DAEs) representing their EMT dynamics. Furthermore, advanced simulation algorithms including numerical stiffness-based hybrid discretization, DAE clustering and aggregation, multi-order integration, and matrix splitting approaches are applied to accelerate the EMT simulation. The proposed algorithm was applied to 125 PV inverters within 52-bus medium-voltage (MV) distribution grid.