A laboratory microgrid for studying grid operations with PMUs

Author

Antoine, O. ; Janssen, P. ; Jossen, Q. ; Maun, Jean-Claude

Author_Institution

BEAMS Energy, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents the microgrid owned by Université libre de Bruxelles and its use to emulate the behavior of a real grid under different conditions. Different phenomena such as load changes, faults or power system oscillations can be observed thanks to measurement devices (protective relays, phasor measurement units (PMUs) and power quality meters). The experiments on the microgrid are used for teaching electrical engineering as well as hardware and software testing. By means of experimental results, the paper illustrates the use of the microgrid monitored by two PMUs. The recorded events show rotor angle stability, post-mortem analysis and power system restoration.

Keywords

distributed power generation; phasor measurement; power engineering computing; power engineering education; power system restoration; program testing; PMU; Université libre de Bruxelles; electrical engineering teaching; grid operations; hardware testing; laboratory microgrid; load changes; measurement devices; phasor measurement units; post-mortem analysis; power quality meters; power system oscillations faults; power system restoration; protective relays; rotor angle stability; software testing; Generators; Global Positioning System; Microgrids; Oscillators; Phasor measurement units; Power system stability; Synchronization; Closed loop testing; electrical engineering education; electrical grid stability; microgrid; phasor measurement unit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672891

Filename

6672891