Renewable Energy Integration Design with Simscape

Overview

Renewable energy adoption is accelerating globally, with solar and wind power leading the charge towards net zero goals, as technological advancements and policy support drive down costs and encourage sustainable energy integration.

In this webinar, we will evaluate performance of grid forming controls (GFM) in renewable systems in maintaining a stable power system. Two scenarios are taken for evaluation, grid-forming (GFM) controller of type-4 wind turbine generators, and grid-forming (GFM) battery energy storage system (BESS) with solar photovoltaic (PV) energy sources. We will compare the dynamic performance of the grid-connected renewable system during normal operation and contingencies, such as a large drop in PV power, significant load change, grid outage, and faults and check conformance of the performance requirements of the current IEEE 2800 standards.

Highlights:

• Phase-locked-loop (PLL)-based grid-following (GFL) BESS controller with voltage and frequency support
• Virtual synchronous machine (VSM)-based GFM controller
• G-GFM: GFM control of wind generator based on DC-link voltage regulation by the grid-side converter (GSC).
• M-GFM: GFM control of wind generator using turbine inertia with DC-link voltage control by the machine-side converter (MSC).

About the Presenter

Rajarshi Dutta | Sr. Software Engineer | Simscape Development Group, MathWorks

Rajarshi Dutta is working as a senior software engineer at MathWorks. He has a doctorate in electrical engineering with specialization in power systems. He works on simulation of renewable energy sources with various control methods and tests their compliance with grid code requirements.