Abstract:
Electric grids are seeing increasing adoption of renewables interfaced with power electronics. As the share of renewable generation increases, the inverters are expected ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Electric grids are seeing increasing adoption of renewables interfaced with power electronics. As the share of renewable generation increases, the inverters are expected to operate in grid-forming mode to replace large conventional synchronous generation. Further, in geographical islands and isolated/rural areas, inverters interfacing renewable generators and storage are used to form the grids and share the loads. Given the expected presence of grid-forming inverters in future power systems, there is an urgent need to revise education curricula about the stability issues arising from these interconnected inverters. Existing training is overly reliant on numerical simulation or on expensive tools such as real-time simulators. In this paper, we present a laboratory hands-on project dealing with small-signal stability in droop-controlled inverters. It entails simulation and hands-on experimentation for which an inexpensive microgrid set up was developed in-house at the National University of Singapore. The design project can be integrated into power engineering courses offered to senior and postgraduate students.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems ( Volume: 37, Issue: 2, March 2022)
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor with Masdar Institute (now part of the Khali...Show More
Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor with Masdar Institute (now part of the Khali...View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Gurupraanesh Raman (Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2021. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Singapore ETH Centre and National University of Singapore, working on the Future...Show More
Gurupraanesh Raman (Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2021. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Singapore ETH Centre and National University of Singapore, working on the Future...View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
John Long Soon (Member, IEEE) received the Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2015 and 2019, respectively. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Professional Laboratory Officer with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney. Since 2019, he has been a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,...Show More
John Long Soon (Member, IEEE) received the Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2015 and 2019, respectively. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Professional Laboratory Officer with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney. Since 2019, he has been a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,...View more
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou (Fellow, IEEE) is currently a Professor of power systems with the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. He has more than 10 years’ industrial experience as the Chairman and CEO of Hellenic Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), and as an Executive Vice-Chair and the Deputy CEO of Public Power Corporation (PPC), responsible for Transmission and Distribution Divisions. He was the Ch...Show More
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou (Fellow, IEEE) is currently a Professor of power systems with the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. He has more than 10 years’ industrial experience as the Chairman and CEO of Hellenic Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), and as an Executive Vice-Chair and the Deputy CEO of Public Power Corporation (PPC), responsible for Transmission and Distribution Divisions. He was the Ch...View more
Contents Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor with Masdar Institute (now part of the Khalifa University), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In 2013, he was appointed a Visiting Scientist with the Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, where he became a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2014. His research interests include power system stability, cyber security, microgrids, and high-performance computing. He is currently the Secretary of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Working Group on High-Performance Computing for Power Grid Analysis and Operation. He is also a Member of the Electrical and Electronics Standards Committee of the Singapore Standards Council.
Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering with the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor with Masdar Institute (now part of the Khalifa University), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In 2013, he was appointed a Visiting Scientist with the Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, where he became a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2014. His research interests include power system stability, cyber security, microgrids, and high-performance computing. He is currently the Secretary of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Working Group on High-Performance Computing for Power Grid Analysis and Operation. He is also a Member of the Electrical and Electronics Standards Committee of the Singapore Standards Council.View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Gurupraanesh Raman (Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2021. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Singapore ETH Centre and National University of Singapore, working on the Future Resilient Systems programme. His research interests include modeling data corruption in active distribution systems and stability analysis of microgrids.
Gurupraanesh Raman (Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, in 2016 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2021. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Singapore ETH Centre and National University of Singapore, working on the Future Resilient Systems programme. His research interests include modeling data corruption in active distribution systems and stability analysis of microgrids.View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
John Long Soon (Member, IEEE) received the Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2015 and 2019, respectively. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Professional Laboratory Officer with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney. Since 2019, he has been a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, where his focus is on fault-tolerant converters, reliability of power electronics, and converter topologies.
John Long Soon (Member, IEEE) received the Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 2015 and 2019, respectively. From 2018 to 2019, he was a Professional Laboratory Officer with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney. Since 2019, he has been a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, where his focus is on fault-tolerant converters, reliability of power electronics, and converter topologies.View more
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou (Fellow, IEEE) is currently a Professor of power systems with the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. He has more than 10 years’ industrial experience as the Chairman and CEO of Hellenic Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), and as an Executive Vice-Chair and the Deputy CEO of Public Power Corporation (PPC), responsible for Transmission and Distribution Divisions. He was the Chair and Vice-Chair of the EU Technology and Innovation Platform on Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP-SNET). He is the author of the book Microgrids: Architectures and Control and of more than 250 journal publications and 500 conference proceedings papers. He is an Honorary Member of CIGRE and the past Chair of CIGRE SC C6 Distribution Systems and Distributed Generation. He is the past Chair of Power System Dynamic Performance Committee (PSDPC) and currently the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. He was the 2017 recipient of the IEEE/PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award. He has participated in more than 60 RD&D projects funded by the EU Commission, electric utilities and industry for fundamental research and practical applications. He is included in the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Thomson Reuters lists of the top 1% most cited researchers and he is a 2020 Globe Energy Prize laureate.
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou (Fellow, IEEE) is currently a Professor of power systems with the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece. He has more than 10 years’ industrial experience as the Chairman and CEO of Hellenic Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), and as an Executive Vice-Chair and the Deputy CEO of Public Power Corporation (PPC), responsible for Transmission and Distribution Divisions. He was the Chair and Vice-Chair of the EU Technology and Innovation Platform on Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP-SNET). He is the author of the book Microgrids: Architectures and Control and of more than 250 journal publications and 500 conference proceedings papers. He is an Honorary Member of CIGRE and the past Chair of CIGRE SC C6 Distribution Systems and Distributed Generation. He is the past Chair of Power System Dynamic Performance Committee (PSDPC) and currently the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. He was the 2017 recipient of the IEEE/PES Prabha S. Kundur Power System Dynamics and Control Award. He has participated in more than 60 RD&D projects funded by the EU Commission, electric utilities and industry for fundamental research and practical applications. He is included in the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Thomson Reuters lists of the top 1% most cited researchers and he is a 2020 Globe Energy Prize laureate.View more
