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1 Mapping of Equal Area Criterion
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Conditions to the Time Domain
E REAL WOR
for Out-of-Step Protection
6 RTDS® Simulator – Technology Review
9 Design of a Bidirectional Buck-Boost
DC/DC Converter for a Series Hybrid
Electric Vehicle Using PSCAD®/EMTDC™
November 2009 14 Knowledge is Key
16 PSCAD® 2009 Training Sessions
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A new procedure for out-of-step protection by the approximation is true only if the total system
mapping the equal area criterion conditions impedance is close to 90° [2]. For a multi-machine
to the time domain was investigated by the system, the voltage measured at relay location
power system research group of the University does not give an accurate approximation of SCV.
of Saskatchewan. The classification between stable The technique also requires offline system stability
and out-of-step swings is done using the accelerating studies to set the threshold value (rate of change
and decelerating energies, which represents the area of SCV), thereby making it system specific.
under the power-time curve. The proposed approach
is based only on the local electrical quantities avail- Other techniques, based on energy function criterion
able at the relay location, and does not depend on the and classical equal area criterion are proposed in
network configuration and parameters. The proposed references [3] and [4]. These methods also have
algorithm has been tested on a single machine infinite certain drawbacks which do not make them readily
bus and a three machine infinite bus system using applicable to implement in a protection algorithm.
software simulations from PSCAD®. These drawbacks are outlined in more detail in a
separate document by the authors which can be
There are various techniques available in literature made available for further reading.
and in practice to detect out-of-step conditions. Most
popular conventional out-of-step detection techniques Reference [4] proposed an out-of-step detection
use a distance relay with blinders in the impedance technique based on the classical equal area criterion
plane and a timer. The blinder and timer settings (EAC) in the power angle ( ) domain. Pre and post-
require knowledge of the fastest power swing, the disturbance power-angle (Pe- ) curves of the system
normal operating region, and the possible swing are to be known to the relay. As the Pe- curves
frequencies, and are therefore system specific [1]. are dependent on the system configuration, many
measurement and communication devices at various
Another technique monitors the rate of change of locations are required to gather the current system
swing centre voltage (SCV) and compares it with a information.
threshold value to discriminate between stable and
out-of-step swings. With some approximations, This project uses the above concept of EAC modified
the SCV is obtained locally from the voltage at the to the time domain. An out-of-step protection
relay location, which consequently makes the SCV methodology is proposed using the concept of time
independent of power system parameters. However, domain EAC. The time domain EAC is based on the
power-time (Pe-t) curve instead of the Pe- curves. The Figure 2 shows the Pe- curves for stable system.
proposed technique uses only local output power (Pe) Figure 3 shows the Pe- curves for an unstable
information. The electrical output power, Pe, over time system. The corresponding Pe- curves are shown
is calculated from local voltage and current measure- in Figures 4 and 5.
ments. The transient energy (area under the Pe-t curve)
is computed, and the swing is classified as stable or
out-of-step based on the areas computed. The effec-
tiveness of the proposed algorithm has been studied
for a Single Machine Infinite Bus (SMIB) and a Three
Machine Infinite Bus System using the PSCAD®
simulation software tool.
where M is the generator inertia constant and is the In Figures 2 and 3, e represents the power angle
system frequency. before the fault, c represents the power angle at
the instance of fault clearing and max represents the
The advantage of EAC in domain is that it describes maximum swing of the power angle. The EAC in
the stability of the system without solving the swing domain shows that for a system to be stable, area A1
equation. The difficulties associated with EAC in is equal to area A2, and area A2 occurs before - 0.
domain to detect an out-of-step condition were dis- The maximum swing of , max, for a stable swing is
cussed in the previous section. The proposed algorithm less than - 0.
is based on Pe-t curve and this information can be
obtained directly from the measurements at relay The mathematical expressions to evaluate area A1
location. Thus, the proposed algorithm does not and A2 in time domain can be derived from the
require the solution of the swing equation to obtain swing equation (1). If the speed deviation of the
the Pe-t curve. rotor is , then
Figure 5 Pe-t curve for an out-of-step case. Integrations in (7) and (8) are approximated by sum-
mation and Pm is set to Pe before the fault inception.
Thus, for a stable condition, the sum of two areas A1
From (1) and (2),
and A2 becomes,
where
Areas are obtained from (4) by setting the limits of t0 : Time when first occurs
integration accordingly.
tmax : Time when (stable) or time when
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Equation (9) and the limit tmax for stable case do
not become exactly equal to zero because of the
approximation of integration by summation.
They are modified as:
Equations (10) and (11) along with the conditions for Figure 6 Pe-t curve for 0
=30˚ and fault cleared after 0.20 s.
t0 and tmax form the proposed algorithm for out-of-step
detection. Based on the proposed algorithm, a decision
regarding a stable or out-of-step condition is always
made at tmax (time corresponding to max) with an error
of t or less. Details, such as generator losses and
house loads, must be accounted for in the calculations.
Three Machine Infinite Bus Simulation A Three Acknowledgment The authors greatly appreciate
Machine Infinite Bus system was considered to illustrate the help provided by Dr. Dharshana Muthumuni
the effectiveness of the proposed technique for a and Mr. Juan Carlos Garcia Alonso (Manitoba HVDC
multi-machine system. The parameters of the power Research Centre) with PSCAD® software.
system are given in the full document. Results similar
to those described in section A above were observed. References
[1] W. A. Elmore, “Protective Relaying Theory and Applications,”
To study the effect of pure local mode oscillations on 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. ed.New York: Marcel Dekker, c2004.
the proposed algorithm, a load increase of 0.15 pu was [2] D. Tziouvaras and D. Hou, “Out-Of-Step Protection Fundamentals
applied at bus 3, and at the same instant, a decrease and Advancements,” Proc. 30th Annual Western Protective Relay
in load by 0.15 pu was applied at bus 1. Results proved Conference, Spokane, WA, October 21-23, 2003.
that the proposed method is reliable under such condi- [3] R. Padiyar and S. Krishna, “Online Detection of Loss of Synchronism
tions as well (P-t curves and summary tables are listed using Energy Function Criterion,” Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions
in the full document). on, vol. 21, pp. 46-55, 2006.
[4] V. Centeno, “An Adaptive Out-of-Step Relay for Power
The results showed that the proposed algorithm is System Protection,” Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on,
not only effective on a SMIB system, but it is equally vol. 12, pp. 61-71, 1997.
effective on an interconnected power system. The [5] M. A. Pai, “Energy Function Analysis for Power System Stability,”
application of this technique is straightforward even Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1989.
for a large power system and avoids the need for any
cumbersome network reduction techniques, such as Appendix
center of inertia or center of angle technique [5]. The system study parameters are outlined in a separate document by
the authors which can be made available for further reading. These
To account for measurement inaccuracies and the include:
possibility of breaker re-closures, the decision times
could be delayed by a few sampling intervals SMIB Parameters
(i.e. 0.00104 s or more), so that inaccurate decisions Three Machine Infinite Bus Parameters
are avoided. Excitation System Parameters
Power System Stabilizer Parameters
Conclusion A technique for out-of-step detection by Governor Parameters
modifying the classical equal area criterion condition
to the time domain was proposed in this paper and
its effectiveness was tested on an SMIB and a Three
Machine Infinite Bus system. The proposed algorithm
perfectly discriminated between stable and out-of-
step swings based on the local voltage and current
information available at the relay location.
NOVEMBER 2009 5
RTDS® Simulator − Technology Review
Paul A. Forsyth, P.Eng. — RTDS Technologies Inc.
Some of the newer PSCAD® users may not even nent models and required them to be written
be aware, but there is a strong link between in assembly language code and in some cases
the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre and the demanded machine code optimization. However,
RTDS® Simulator. It was fundamental research today a rack can deliver 12,000 MFLOPS with just
conducted at the Centre that resulted in the six Giga Processor Cards (GPC). The increase in
development of RTDS®, the world’s first fully digital processing power compared to the earlier versions
real time power system simulator. After the initial has allowed the detail and flexibility of the models
development, it was soon evident that the simulator to be improved. It also allows models to be created
should be promoted as a commercial product and by the user in C language. However, when ultimate
a license for the technology was granted to RTDS efficiency is required, RTDS Technologies write
Technologies Inc. The license covers the commerciali- and optimize assembly language code.
zation and further development of the simulator
and ensures the transfer of technology between A good example of a model which has undergone
the two companies. vast improvements over the years is the network
solution. The first version of the RTDS® Simulator
RTDS Technologies was formed in 1994 by research- relied on pre-calculating all possible switching states
ers who participated in the development of the and changing between them during the simulation.
simulator and now has approximately 30 employees. However, since the number of matrices to be stored
The company will soon be moving into a new is 2n, where n is the number of single-phase switches,
20,000 sq.ft. facility in the technology park at the only 10 switches were allowed per subsystem. The
University of Manitoba. RTDS Technologies develops latest version of the network solution decomposes
the simulation component models, the graphical the admittance matrix every timestep and allows
user interface RSCAD and the custom hardware 66 nodes and 56 single-phase switches per subsystem.
for the simulator, as well as providing sales and By decomposing the matrix every timestep, the new
support services. network solution allows the inclusion of continually
varying conductance elements. Therefore, valve
With over 150 installations in 30 countries around groups and other components can be connected to
the world, the RTDS® Simulator has become the the network solution without using any of the 56
world standard for real time power system simula- switches available. The ability to include continually
tors. Clients include practically all of the world’s varying conductance components also improves the
major manufacturers of power system components, numerical stability of some models, such as variable
electrical utilities, universities and research institutes. loads, transformer saturation, etc.
The wide range of clients has resulted in the simula-
tor being applied to many different applications. The line commutated valve groups (HVDC, SVC and
TCSC) have also undergone very significant changes.
The simulator’s initial application target, logically The first approach was to model these schemes as
since it was developed at the Centre, was investiga- isolated subsystems and they suffered from the
tion of HVDC schemes and closed-loop testing of effects of the turn-on resolution being restricted
controls. Even before the system was commercialized to the size of the timestep. The new models are no
though, other applications, such as protective relay longer interfaced, but rather are connected into
testing and high speed simulation studies, were the main network solution by variable conductances
already identified. and include advanced features, such as valve faults.
Improved firing was also added to the models to
In the early days, the available processing power provide continuous variation of the firing instant
somewhat restricted the complexity of the compo- with a resolution of approximately 1 µs.
NOVEMBER 2009 7
Figure 1 Power hardware in the loop testing at FSU-CAPS of a 5 MW superconducting prototype marine propulsion motor.
some of the work done at the Center for Advanced Huge changes have been made to both the simulator
Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State University. CAPS hardware and software over the last fifteen years—
has a fourteen rack simulator that is used for more changes which have been driven by customer feed-
traditional power system applications, but is also back and a deep understanding of power system
applied to naval systems and power hardware-in-the- simulation. The component models have been refined,
loop (HIL) simulations. CAPS has combined the RTDS® enhanced and tested over and over again. Several
Simulator with a 5 MW dynamometer and a 5 MVA new and exciting applications have been developed.
amplifier for HIL simulations. The dynamometer is The simulator has been widely adopted by the power
controlled from the real time simulation and used as engineering world. But most importantly, the focus
a load for machines under test. The amplifier, which for the RTDS® Simulator remains on continuing the
consists of a controlled rectifier and a VSC inverter, process of refining the system to better serve the
is capable of operation in all quadrants of the real power systems and electrical industries.
and imaginary power plain. It is part of the electrical
system interface between the RTDS® Simulator and
the high power electrical system. The voltage from
the simulation drives the amplifier in the high power
circuit while the current produced is measured and
fed back to the simulation. Once it is read into the
simulator, the current is injected into the digital
circuit to close the loop. CAPS has conducted ground
breaking research regarding the stability of these
HIL simulations and has the most advanced facility
of its kind in the world with the RTDS® Simulator as
the heart of the system.
A hybrid gas-electric vehicle uses an energy stor- In this hybrid architecture the DC/DC converter plays
age device in concert with an internal combus- an important role in regulating the power flow in the
tion engine to provide propulsion to the vehicle; system. The battery bank voltage will vary with the
thereby offering performance and operational operating conditions of the vehicle. Since the battery
benefits not possible using only a single source is directly connected to the main electrical node in the
of energy [1], [2], [3]. Presented here are the system, it will make up the difference of the current
results of using PSCAD® to develop a bidirectional coming from the DC/DC converter going into the motor
DC/DC converter to control power flow between the drive as follows:
engine and the DC bus of a series hybrid electric
vehicle. The converter allows a single permanent
magnet DC (PMDC) electric machine to be used for
both engine starting and generating modes as Although this arrangement saves the cost of a
shown in Figure 1. converter at the battery terminals, the analysis of the
DC/DC converter operation becomes more complicated
and the performance of its control system becomes
more important. A design process that relies on accu-
rate simulations of the system and takes advantage
of design tools, such as simulation based optimization,
has been employed.
Voltage Current
Parameter
Specification Specification
NOVEMBER 2009 9
The Bidirectional Buck-Boost Converter To ensure expected operation of the vehicle, it is
The bidirectional buck-boost DC/DC converter circuit important to accurately and responsively control the
used is shown in Figure 2. The power electronic switch power flowing from the engine through to the DC bus.
S1 is used for boost converting while the switch S2 is Thus, a closed-loop controller design is undertaken to
used for the buck conversion mode, where the two control the boost-mode operation of the converter, the
modes control the power flowing in reverse directions. parameters of which are tuned using the integrated
In this design, the buck converter mode is used for non-linear simplex optimization methods of PSCAD®.
engine starting while the boost converter mode is
used to control the electric current from the generator Boost Mode Control System Development
into the batteries and the motor drive. To reduce the The boost converter mode controls the power flow
number of components, the PMDC machine’s induct- from the engine to the main DC bus by varying its
ance is used as the filter inductance L, in Figure 2. duty cycle. The selected control topology is actually a
minimum selection of three individual control methods
as shown in Figure 3. Under normal conditions, power
flow control mode will be active. To protect the power
electronic switches and prevent over-currents, an over-
current limit is enforced using a current control loop.
10 P U L S E T H E M A N I T O B A H V D C R E S E A R C H C E N T R E J O U R N A L
The optimization will successively and automatically
(i.e. without designer intervention) improve the
performance by adjusting the Proportional Gain (P)
and Integral Time (I) variables.
25 65 0
35 65 65
performance. 50
40
VoutSetpoint Vout
set point. The PSCAD® test circuit is shown in Figure
4 and the optimization test cycle is shown in Table 2. Figure 5 Voltage control results with initial parameters.
The test strategy is two different transients: (i) a step
change in the voltage followed by (ii) a step change The objective function for the optimization will scale
in the current. and accumulate control loop error from 10ms to
50ms. Through multiple trials, the optimization will
successively and automatically (i.e. without designer
intervention) improve the performance by adjusting
the Proportional Gain (P) and Integral Time (I) variables
until a chosen tolerance has been reached [6]. The
Simplex Optimum Run control block is configured
as shown in Figure 6.
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100
90
80
70
60
Voltage (V)
50
40
30
10
the square of the controller error. Squaring the error 0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.02 0.025 0.03 0.035 0.04 0.045 0.05
Time (s)
is done to make all errors positive for the accumulator VoutSetpoint Vout
and can also be shown to speed the convergence of
the optimization. Figure 8 Optimized voltage controller performance
As seen in Figure 7, the optimization converges toward Full System Evaluation A full control system test
a better set of parameters for the system. Figure 8 schedule is developed and shown in Table 3. It includes
shows the new tuning parameters in action. It is up the desired maximum voltage and current set points,
to the designer to decide if this result is acceptable, as well as varying the power set point.
or if modification should be undertake to the control
scheme or objective function to achieve better results.
This same optimization procedure is run for the current Load Pout Iout Vout
Time
and power controllers, each time producing a better Current set point set point set point
set of parameters than the initially determined values.
0 ms 40 A 5 kW 100 A 90 V
120 0.4
200 ms 40 A 8 kW 100 A 90 V
0.35
100
0.3
300 ms -100 A 8 kW 100 A 90 V
80 0.25
Objective Values
P, I Values
0.2
60 Table 3 Control system test schedule.
0.15
40 0.1
As shown in Figure 9, the system initially operates in
power control mode, then enters current control mode
0.05
20 when the power set point is increased towards 8 kW.
0
Under this condition, 8 kW is not achievable without
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
-0.05
violating the current limit. At approximately 0.35s,
Trial # the system enters voltage control mode when a large
Objective P I current is injected into the battery from an external
source, to simulate a heavy regenerative braking
Figure 7 Optimization progress for voltage controller.
condition. The duty cycle is cut back dramatically to
keep the voltage at the 90V maximum.
Power (kW)
[2] J. M. Miller, Propulsion “Systems for Hybrid Vehicles,” UK: IEE, 2004.
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[3] Emadi, K. Rajashekara, S. S. Williamson, and S. M. Lukic,
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“Topological Overview of Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicular
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3 Power System Architectures and Configurations,” IEEE Transactions
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2 on Vehicular Technology, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 763-770, May 2005.
Power Mode Current Mode Voltage Mode 1 [4] M. H. Rashid, Power Electronics, “Circuits, Devices, and
0 0 Applications,” 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2003.
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45
Time (s)
[5] D.N. Northcott, S. Filizadeh, A.R. Chevrefils,
Iout Vout Pout “Design of a Bidirectional Buck-Boost DC/DC Converter for a Series
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using PSCAD®/EMTDC™,” IEEE Conf. Proc.
Figure 9 Results of full system test simulation. Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2009, VPPC 2009
[6] M. Gole, S. Filizadeh, P. L. Wilson, R. W. Menzies,
As can be seen from the data, controller overshoot “Optimization-Enabled Electromagnetic Transient Simulation,”
on the order of 10% for a short time can be expected IEEE Tran. Power Delivery, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 512-518, January 2005.
from this control scheme. This is because the PI con-
trollers do not have integrator ramp-up limiting, and
as a result there exists an adjustment period between
mode transitions. This can either be made acceptable
by ensuring a safety margin in the set point, or through
some additional modification and tuning of the control
scheme. A possible solution could involve back-calculat-
ing and setting the integrator PI controller upon transi-
tion between control modes.
NOVEMBER 2009 13
Knowledge is Key
T. Stokotelny, Manitoba HVDC Research Centre
The Manitoba HVDC Research Centre is commit- On-Site Training The Centre offers on-site training
ted to providing effective training programs to sessions to its clients. There are a variety of reasons why
satisfy clients’ specific needs. From beginners clients may choose to have an instructor travel to their
to experts, we have programs that will assist location. On-site training provides:
all clients in obtaining their learning objectives.
• Custom courses arranged to meet your schedule.
The Centre offers a wide variety of PSCAD® and • Travel logistics: It is sometimes more convenient for
general power systems training courses to cover an a company to have our instructor travel to their
extensive range of learning needs. Some of our location rather than sending a group to our location.
standard courses include: • Large number of participants: In cases where a large
number of individuals are interested in receiving
• Introduction to PSCAD® and Applications training, it may be more feasible to have our
• HVDC Theory and Controls instructor travel to a clients’ location.
• AC Switching Study & Insulation Coordination Studies • Necessity for a larger scope of study topics: On-site
• Power Quality training, dedicated to a group with similar learning
• Wind Power Modeling and Simulation needs, can have a custom-made agenda. Our course
• Modeling and Applications of FACTS Devices outlines can be modified to suit the specific
• Advanced Topics in PSCAD® Simulation Training application needs of the group.
o Machine Modeling including SSR Investigation • Company dedicated training: Clients who arrange
o Developing ‘Custom’ Models for PSCAD® for our custom, on-site courses have the opportunity
to learn along side their fellow colleagues in an
As an added benefit to these standard courses, our environment that is familiar to them. Clients also
instructors will discuss with the participants their have the option of inviting individuals from outside
specific areas of interest and whenever possible, their organization to join their session.
tailor the course examples to be of most relevance.
This helps to ensure that individual learning objectives In general, when people hear the word ‘custom,’
will be met. they think in terms of expensive and premium. This is
simply not the feedback we receive from our training
Some of these courses are designed to be a hands- clients. Often the most effective and productive use of
on learning environment where each participant is time and money is receiving the training that meets
provided with a temporary PSCAD® license. This allows your needs – content, schedule and location.
individuals to experiment with the power system
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Experimentation aids in learning the fundamentals our custom training programs, which can be delivered
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Instructors are able to facilitate these extra discussions, can be based on one or more of our standard courses
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study topics. Class members are also welcome to
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group. The opportunities to hear other’s experiences
and network with them throughout the course is
valuable for all participants.
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