Impact of Virtual Synchronous Generators on Power System Frequency Dynamics

Aihui Fu; Aleksandra Lekić; Eleftherios O.  Kontis; Kyriaki-Nefeli D. Malamaki; Georgios C. Kryonidis; Juan Manuel Mauricio; Charis S. Demoulias; Milos Cvetkovic

doi:10.1109/SEST57387.2023.10257357

Impact of Virtual Synchronous Generators on Power System Frequency Dynamics

Aihui Fu, Aleksandra Lekić, Eleftherios O. Kontis, Kyriaki-Nefeli D. Malamaki, Georgios C. Kryonidis, Juan Manuel Mauricio, Charis S. Demoulias, Milos Cvetkovic

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Abstract

This paper deals with a systematic assessment of the power system frequency dynamics under high penetration of converter-interfaced renewable energy sources (CI-RESs). Specifically, the concept of the virtual synchronous generator (VSG) is implemented in the CI-RESs located at the transmission system (TS) side and/or the distribution network (DN) side. Dynamic RMS simulations are performed on a testbed consisting of the IEEE 9-bus TS grid and the CIGRE medium-voltage DN grid under different CI-RES penetration levels and VSG control parameters to assess the VSG impact on the power system frequency dynamics. It is shown that the decommissioning of conventional power plants coupled via synchronous generators can be safely performed in case the VSG concept is adopted correctly.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-9790-1
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3503-9791-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SEST57387.2023.10257357
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2023 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST) - Mugla, Turkey Duration: 4 Sept 2023 → 6 Sept 2023

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Conference	2023 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST)
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Mugla
Period	4/09/23 → 6/09/23

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Inertial response
primary frequency regulation
renewable energy resources
virtual synchronous generator

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Fu, A., Lekić, A., Kontis, E. O., Malamaki, K.-N. D., Kryonidis, G. C., Mauricio, J. M., Demoulias, C. S., & Cvetkovic, M. (2023). Impact of Virtual Synchronous Generators on Power System Frequency Dynamics. In Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEST57387.2023.10257357

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Impact of Virtual Synchronous Generators on Power System Frequency Dynamics. / Fu, Aihui; Lekić, Aleksandra; Kontis, Eleftherios O. et al.
Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST). IEEE, 2023. p. 1-6.

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