Exploring an impedance-based SCR for accurate representation of grid-forming converters

Henderson, Callum and Egea-Alvarez, Agusti and Papadopoulos, Panagiotis and Li, Rui and Xu, Lie and Da Silva, Ricardo and Kinsella, Anthony and Gutierrez, Isaac and Pabat-Stroe, Razan; (2022) Exploring an impedance-based SCR for accurate representation of grid-forming converters. In: 2022 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2022. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting . IEEE, USA, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9781665408233 (https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9916733)

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Abstract

The strength of an electrical network connection point is often characterized by the short circuit ratio. Analysis of the fault current contribution at the node can provide information on system impedance, voltage stability, maximum power transfer and system recovery time. However, the introduction of more power converter connected generation decreases the validity of the current short circuit ratio definition. Mainly, the parameters that determine the strength of a connection point cannot be inferred from the fault level contribution. This article presents a discussion on the pitfalls of quantifying the strength of an electrical network using fault current contribution. The limitations of the method for converter dominated networks are presented and alternative definitions from literature are discussed with drawbacks explored. Further considerations for a new index are described, and the article suggests utilizing system impedances for investigation of different stability components. Varying converter control algorithms are explored in terms of impedance, both grid-following and grid-forming. Grid-forming structures without a current loop were found to provide the greatest improvement in voltage stiffness.

ORCID iDs

Henderson, Callum, Egea-Alvarez, Agusti ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1286-6699, Papadopoulos, Panagiotis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-2590, Li, Rui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-7546, Xu, Lie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5633-7866, Da Silva, Ricardo, Kinsella, Anthony, Gutierrez, Isaac and Pabat-Stroe, Razan;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:83122
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    27 October 2022
    Published
    21 July 2022
    Published Online
    8 March 2022
    Accepted
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Nov 2022 08:50
    Last modified:16 Nov 2024 01:33
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/83122
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