Development of a Real Time Simulator to Test Load and Speed Control Systems of Hydroelectric Power Plants

Author

García, Iván F Galindo ; Lozano, Saúl Rodríguez ; De La O, Oscar P Hernández De La

Author_Institution

Gerencia de Simulation Inst. de Investig. Electr., Cuernavaca, Mexico

fYear

2009

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

250

Lastpage

255

Abstract

A real-time simulator of a hydroelectric power plant is developed and implemented. The aim of the simulator is to test the speed and load control system using hardware-in-the-loop techniques, in which the control system is connected to a real time simulator instead of being connected to real equipment. The main characteristics of the process models, hardware and software, and the tools employed for development are described. The functionality of the simulator is demonstrated with an application example.

Keywords

hydroelectric power stations; load regulation; power generation control; power system simulation; velocity control; hardware-in-the-loop technique; hydroelectric power plant; load control system; real-time simulator; speed control system; Application software; Control system synthesis; Hardware; Load flow control; Power generation; Power system modeling; Real time systems; Software tools; System testing; Velocity control; control system testing; hydroelectric plant; real-time simulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical, Communications, and Computers, 2009. CONIELECOMP 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cholula, Puebla

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3587-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3587-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2009.44

Filename

5163927