PLC-Based Model of Reactive Power Flow in Steam Power Plant for Pre-Commissioning Validation Testing of Coordinated Q-V Controller
Authors/Creators
- 1. Electrical Engineering Institute "Nikola Tesla", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2. The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
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Abstract:
The paper presents the digital realization of a model of reactive power flow (QFM) in a steam power plant using a programmable logic controller (PLC). The steam power plant (SPP) model is developed for pre-commissioning validation testing of the coordinated reactive power-terminal voltage (Q-V) control system. The SPP QFM includes a model for a synchronous generator, an excitation system, a step-up transformer, and the generator's droop characteristic modeled through the automatic voltage regulator (AVR). A QFM synthesis is based on a series of experiments performed on site. The parameters of the generator and AVR are estimated from recorded generator voltage and current time responses to a step change in voltage reference of the AVR. To get a complete QFM, transformers and network reactances are also included. In order to calculate reactive power (Q) flows more accurately, the generator Q output is adjusted by taking into account its real power output. Standard PLC hardware, as industrial grade equipment appropriate for on site testing, is used for practical QFM implementation after discretization of the continuous mathematical model. The developed QFM response is verified through a series of experiments performed in the laboratory.
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