WEBINAR | Part 2 | PHIL Simulation for Power Systems and Power Electronics Applications
Presentation, Power Hardware-In-the-Loop (PHIL)
2019-03-07
Title: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations of PV Inverter Distribution Voltage Regulation
Abstract: This presentation will discuss distribution voltage regulation provided with multiple Distributed Energy Resource (DER) control strategies including Volt-Var, Extremum Seeking Control, and State Estimation-Based Optimal Power Factor commands. The DER commands are issued from a commercial software venders Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) to 100 PV microinverters and multiple simulated utility-scale PV devices at Sandia National Laboratories’ Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory (DETL). The control strategies are demonstrated on reduced-order utility feeder models with DER operating under variable irradiance conditions.
Biographies:
Jay Johnson is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. Jay leads several multidisciplinary renewable energy research projects including the coordination of advanced distributed energy resource interoperability testing in the United States, Europe, and Asia through the Smart Grid International Research Facility Network (SIRFN). Jay also spearheads a multimillion dollar DER management project to provide voltage regulation and distribution protection through state estimation, optimization, and DER communications; he directs multiple research projects focused on power system cybersecurity and ran a laboratory-directed research and development project on Virtual Power Plants to provide ancillary services. Jay received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2006 and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009.
Adam Summers is a Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. His research interests include: advanced power system protection, Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), DER, optimization, communications and cybersecurity. He is working on multiple research projects focused on advanced power system protection and communication modeling. He received the B.S degree in Electrical Engineering in 2013 and a M.S in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 2017.