Testbed Based on Hybrid Real-Time Power System Simulator for Setting up and Testing of Protection and Control Systems

Abstract:

In this article we will focus on creating of testbed based on hybrid real-time power system simulator (HRTSim) for setting up and testing of relay protection (RP), automatic (AS) and control systems (CS), as well as the opportunities and prospects of its application. The simulator has physical outputs, which allows using it for close-loop testing of RP, AS and CS. Physical currents and voltages generated in the simulator during a simulation process can be transmitted to the analog inputs of tested device by means of external amplifiers. There are no restrictions on the dimension of the simulated power system and time interval for HRTSim. These opportunities and usage of adequate models of primary and auxiliary power system equipment allows reducing the number of possible equivalenting and creating as closely as possible to the real conditions for setting up and testing of any RP, AS and CS, including wide-area protection and control systems.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 698)
• Pages: 704-709
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.698.704
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: M.V. Andreev*, A.S. Gusev, A.O. Sulaymanov
• Keywords: Close-Loop Testing, Control System, Emergency Automatic, Hybrid Simulation, Real-Time Simulation, Relay Protection

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