Generalized average modelling of FACTS for real time simulation in ARENE

This paper studies two cutting edge technologies applied to the power system: FACTS devices and real time (RT) simulation tools. On the one hand, the complexity of the power system and its components, makes power system simulators very useful and even necessary. Amongst all the existing simulators, real time digital simulators permit the test of power system components in conditions that are quite close to reality. On the other hand power electronic devices such as FACTS, are becoming more and more frequent on the power system, and it is necessary to evaluate their impact on the performance of the system. For all these reasons it is very important to develop FACTS models which can be suitable for real time simulation in order to test their interaction with other power system components. This paper presents the generalized average model of two FACTS devices the static VAr compensator (SVC) and the static VAr generator, which have been then introduced in ARENE for the realization of real time simulations.