EMT Models of Grids and PV Plants to Study Partial Generation Loss
Following a Fault Event
Abstract
This paper presents the development of Electromagnetic Transient (EMT)
and EMT-(transient stability)TS co-simulation models of power grid with
photovoltaic (PV) plants. The EMT models are used to study the impact of
fault disturbance events on PV plants in a bulk grid. The step-by-step
approach for developing the EMT-model from the TS-model of a grid is
discussed, followed by an exhaustive comparison among different grid and
PV plant models to understand the effectiveness of those for replicating
the event accurately. The TS-model of the Western Electricity
Coordinating Council (WECC) grid, and information about the Angeles
forest fault event have been utilized in this case study. The objective
is to simulate the event near the fault location as well as in one of
the affected large plants where partial generation loss occurred. First,
a region of the grid is developed in the EMT domain to replicate the
events sequentially near the fault location, and match the voltage near
affected PV plant. Next, various models of the PV plant are compared in
the EMT-model to demonstrate the necessity for a high-fidelity model of
the PV plant that accurately replicates the partial generation loss
observed during the fault event.