SUB-SYNCHRONOUS INTERACTION AND HARMONIC CONTROL INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH HVDC AND WIND PLANT INSTALLATIONS

IEEE-NCS, PES/IAS Chapter Presents
Thursday, April 4th, 2019, 6:00 to 8:30pm, doors open at 5:30pm

Sub-Synchronous Interaction and Harmonic Control Instability Associated with HVDC and Wind Plant Installations

Sub-synchronous interactions (SSI) are a family of physical interactions that involve exchange of energy between a generator and a transmission system at ac frequencies below the system nominal frequency. They include sub-synchronous resonance (SSR), sub-synchronous torsional interaction (SSTI), and sub-synchronous control instability (SSCI). SSR is a phenomenon that can cause increased fatigue or critical failure of generator turbine shaft systems due to an energy exchange between the generator and a series-compensated transmission system, either through sustained or poorly damped oscillations, or transient effects. SSTI occur when an interaction happens between an HVDC link, FACTS device, or other power electronic controller and the mechanical mass system of a generator. The power electronic controller can exhibit negative damping at sub-synchronous frequencies, which can cause un-damped or growing oscillations in the known mechanical torsional modes of oscillation in the generator shaft system. SSCI phenomenon is a control interaction that can occur between any power electronic devices, such as wind turbine, and a series-compensated system. The oscillations resulting from SSCI may grow very quickly. Another SSCI phenomenon is the interaction between power electronic controllers such as grid-connected inverters for renewable energy sources integration. Such resonances can be both sub-synchronous and super-synchronous and may lead to inverter control instability and other dynamic problems when the connected grid is becoming weak.

The objective of this Seminar is to provide an introduction to SSI phenomena including SSR, SSTI and SSCI. To give a guide on how to identify potentiality where SSTI and/or SSCI may be an issue; how to study the phenomena; how to control, mitigate, and/or protect against any adverse effects associated with these interactions; and potential types of system changes or additions that would require equipment owners and/or operators to re-examine their system for the possibility of SSTI and/or SSCI.

 

Speaker: Jenny Z. Zhou, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Biography:

received B.Sc. from Southeast University in 1988, M.Sc. and Ph.D. from University of Manitoba in 2003 and 2013 respectively. She was a recipient of Dennis A. Woodford Prize on Power System Modelling and Simulation in 2013 at the University of Manitoba. Currently she is a senior supervising engineer with Teshmont Consulting LP, specializing on HVDC and Power Electronics modelling and analysis. Prior to that she was a senior simulation engineer in Manitoba HVDC Research Centre. During 1988 and 2000, she worked as an system planning engineer and EMS engineer in power utilities in China. Dr. Zhou has thirty years of experience with power system studies with expertise on electromagnetic transient (EMT) studies for power system transients. Dr. Zhou is a registered professional engineer in the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, a senior member of IEEE and an adjunct professor of the University of Manitoba.

 

Location:  9107 116 Street, Building: ETLC, Room E1-003, Edmonton, AB  T6G 2V6

 

Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/193290

 

Pics from the Event: (Dr. Zhou and Alex Nassif)

2018 NCS PES Outstanding Engineer Award:

The chapter took the opportunity during this event to present the OEA to Dr. Venkata Dinavahi. Dr. Dinavahi has established a strong reputation internationally as an outstanding researcher in the area of real-time digital simulation of power systems. This is demonstrated in 119 refereed journal and 46 conference publications. His contributions are well recognized by peers (Google Scholar Metric, Citations: 4961, h-index: 39, i-10 index: 80). Over the past 20 years he has regularly made pioneering contributions to the development of advanced real-time digital simulation tools and technologies. His two most outstanding contributions are:

  1. Real-time electromagnetic transient simulation of power systems and power electronic systems. The nominee’s creativity generated a slew of innovations with high impact that contributed directly to job creation in the real-time simulation industry.
  2. Large-scale massively parallel power system dynamic and electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation. This work is visionary and established a new path for simulation of large power systems.