Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time

Traditionally, inertia in power systems has been determined by considering all the rotating masses directly connected to the grid. During the last decade, the integration of renewable energy sources, mainly photovoltaic installations and wind power plants, has led to a significant dynamic characteri...

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Autores: Fernández Guillamón, Ana, Gómez Lázaro, Emilio, Muljadi, Eduard, Molina García, Ángel
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital UPCT
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Acceso en línea:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032119305775#!
http://hdl.handle.net/10317/8477
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Palabra clave:Inertia constant
Power system stability
Frequency regulation
Damping factor
Renewable energy sources
Virtual inertia
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spelling Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over timeFernández Guillamón, AnaGómez Lázaro, EmilioMuljadi, EduardMolina García, ÁngelInertia constantPower system stabilityFrequency regulationDamping factorRenewable energy sourcesVirtual inertiaIngeniería Eléctrica3322.05 Fuentes no Convencionales de EnergíaTraditionally, inertia in power systems has been determined by considering all the rotating masses directly connected to the grid. During the last decade, the integration of renewable energy sources, mainly photovoltaic installations and wind power plants, has led to a significant dynamic characteristic change in power systems. This change is mainly due to the fact that most renewables have power electronics at the grid interface. The overall impact on stability and reliability analysis of power systems is very significant. The power systems become more dynamic and require a new set of strategies modifying traditional generation control algorithms. Indeed, renewable generation units are decoupled from the grid by electronic converters, decreasing the overall inertia of the grid. ‘Hidden inertia’, ‘synthetic inertia’ or ‘virtual inertia’ are terms currently used to represent artificial inertia created by converter control of the renewable sources. Alternative spinning reserves are then needed in the new power system with high penetration renewables, where the lack of rotating masses directly connected to the grid must be emulated to maintain an acceptable power system reliability. This paper reviews the inertia concept in terms of values and their evolution in the last decades, as well as the damping factor values. A comparison of the rotational grid inertia for traditional and current averaged generation mix scenarios is also carried out. In addition, an extensive discussion on wind and photovoltaic power plants and their contributions to inertia in terms of frequency control strategies is included in the paper.This work was supported by the Spanish Education, Culture and Sports Ministry [FPU16/04282].ElsevierIngenieria Electrica y Energias RenovablesMinisterio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes202020202020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032119305775#!http://hdl.handle.net/10317/8477reponame:Repositorio Digital UPCTinstname:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)Ingléshttp://hdl.handle.net/10317/9230FPU16/04282Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaCopyright © 2020 Elsevierhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/84772026-05-15T06:39:02Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
title Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
spellingShingle Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
Fernández Guillamón, Ana
Inertia constant
Power system stability
Frequency regulation
Damping factor
Renewable energy sources
Virtual inertia
Ingeniería Eléctrica
3322.05 Fuentes no Convencionales de Energía
title_short Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
title_full Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
title_fullStr Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
title_full_unstemmed Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
title_sort Power systems with high renewable energy sources: A review of inertia and frequency control strategies over time
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández Guillamón, Ana
Gómez Lázaro, Emilio
Muljadi, Eduard
Molina García, Ángel
author Fernández Guillamón, Ana
author_facet Fernández Guillamón, Ana
Gómez Lázaro, Emilio
Muljadi, Eduard
Molina García, Ángel
author_role author
author2 Gómez Lázaro, Emilio
Muljadi, Eduard
Molina García, Ángel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ingenieria Electrica y Energias Renovables
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Inertia constant
Power system stability
Frequency regulation
Damping factor
Renewable energy sources
Virtual inertia
Ingeniería Eléctrica
3322.05 Fuentes no Convencionales de Energía
topic Inertia constant
Power system stability
Frequency regulation
Damping factor
Renewable energy sources
Virtual inertia
Ingeniería Eléctrica
3322.05 Fuentes no Convencionales de Energía
description Traditionally, inertia in power systems has been determined by considering all the rotating masses directly connected to the grid. During the last decade, the integration of renewable energy sources, mainly photovoltaic installations and wind power plants, has led to a significant dynamic characteristic change in power systems. This change is mainly due to the fact that most renewables have power electronics at the grid interface. The overall impact on stability and reliability analysis of power systems is very significant. The power systems become more dynamic and require a new set of strategies modifying traditional generation control algorithms. Indeed, renewable generation units are decoupled from the grid by electronic converters, decreasing the overall inertia of the grid. ‘Hidden inertia’, ‘synthetic inertia’ or ‘virtual inertia’ are terms currently used to represent artificial inertia created by converter control of the renewable sources. Alternative spinning reserves are then needed in the new power system with high penetration renewables, where the lack of rotating masses directly connected to the grid must be emulated to maintain an acceptable power system reliability. This paper reviews the inertia concept in terms of values and their evolution in the last decades, as well as the damping factor values. A comparison of the rotational grid inertia for traditional and current averaged generation mix scenarios is also carried out. In addition, an extensive discussion on wind and photovoltaic power plants and their contributions to inertia in terms of frequency control strategies is included in the paper.
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