Simulation of power systems with IBR and insulation coordination studies - Australia
2023-02-20
Simulation of Large Power Systems with IBR & Insulation Coordination Studies using EMTP
Course Outline
The course starts at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. There is a lunch break of 1 hour at 12:00.
Lunch is included in the price.
The course is presented using exercises at each step. The students must build cases and study simulation results. The course emphasizes learning through exercises performed by participants.
The participants must provide their own computers and will receive a free 30-day licence of EMTP® with all options and toolboxes.
Program
Day 1, Monday, February 20th
1. Introduction to the program and welcoming remarks
2. The range of power system problems
3. Theoretical background on power system transients
4. Theoretical analysis methods
5. Introduction to EMTP®
6. EMTP®numerical methods

Load-flow
Steady-state
Time-domain
Frequency scan

7. EMTP® devices, signals, power and control pins
8. How to create and maintain subcircuits
9. EMTP® basic models
10. Visualization of scopes with MPLOT and ScopeView
11. RLC circuit examples, Capacitor bank switching example
Day 2, Tuesday, February 21st
1. Nonlinear devices: modeling in steady-state and time-domain, accurate iterative solver
2. Ferroresonance cases
3. Simulation of control systems, the library of control devices
4. Switching devices
5. Simulating power electronics circuits in EMTP®
6. Measuring and interfacing devices
7. User-defined modeling options
8. Transmission line and cable models

Theory and available models: constant parameter, wideband, pi-section
Application examples

9. Synchronous and asynchronous machines with controls
10. Exciters and governors with automatic initialization from load-flow solution
11. Setup and simulation of a complete 230 kV system, exercises
12. Setup and simulation of a complete 500 kV system, exercises
13. Interconnecting the 230 kV and 500 kV systems, exercises
14. Fast simulation of very large grids in EMTP®
Day 3, Wednesday, February 22nd
1. Introduction to insulation coordination studies

Origins and types of overvoltages
Insulation coordination standards
Design approach

2. Slow front overvoltages

Theory
Modeling and simulation
Interpretation of results

3. Switching analysis cases

Line re-energization
Controlled circuit breaker

4. Transient recovery voltages

Definitions, modeling
Studies with EMTP® RV breaker

5. Current chopping

Current chopping of small inductive current
Transformer de-energization

Day 4, Thursday, February 23th
1. Fast-front overvoltages, lightning

Definitions, standards
Modeling and simulation
Exercises with lightning cases

2. Modeling and simulation of inverter-based resources in EMTP®

EMTP® Toolbox Renewables
Available options and models
Protection systems
Fast initialization
The WECC models for wind and photovoltaic parks
Temporary overvoltages (TOVs) during single-phase-to-ground faults
Harmonic analysis
Transient immunity assessment

Day 5, Friday, February 24th
1. Modeling and simulation of inverter-based resources in EMTP®

Grid forming inverter model
IBR model verifications for interconnection applications
Sub-synchronous control interaction (SSCI) analysis tool
Impact of IBRs on protection systems

2. Integration of renewables energies in large grids, exercises

System study with 10 wind parks
Integration of wind parks int0 230 kV and 500 kV systems
Superfast simulations with EMTP® on​ multicore computers

3. Advanced topics

Scripting
DLL
CIGRE DLL​​​​​​

Instructors
Jean Mahseredjian, PH.D., IEEE Fellow
CEO PGSTech | Professor Polytechnique Montreal
Jean Mahseredjian is the creator and lead developer of EMTP. Jean Mahseredjian brings with him more than 30 years of research and development experience on power system transients.
Henry Gras, M.A.Sc.
Director of Operations PGSTech
Henry Gras is in charge of EMTP developments, consulting services and sales. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 2011 and his master’s degree in electrical engineering from Polytechnique Montreal in 2013. Aside from analyzing and simulating transients in power systems, he is well versed in renewable energies, microgrids, control, insulation coordination and protection.
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