Advanced Power Plant Control - Hydroelectric For improved stability, improved LFC performance in interconnected or island operating mode, using non-linear model reference.
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Advanced Power Plant Control - Hydroelectric For improved stability, improved LFC performance in interconnected or island operating mode, using non-linear model reference governor control technology. • APPC - Hydroelectric control algorithm implemented in a modern DCS/PLC. • Interconnected (Power) and Island (Frequency) Control Modes. • Performance analysis toolkit and engineering services. • National Instruments cRIO subsystem for the measurement of Power and Frequency. • Hydroelectric Power Plant Simulator. • Simulator-based Installation and Testing. • Multi-Generator Site Optimization algorithm. CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 1 Advanced Power Plant Control for the following energy sources Hydroelectric Fossil Wind Biomass/Solid Waste/Cogeneration CIMExcel Software Inc. Nuclear Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Slide 2 APPC Hydro vs. Classic Control AGC-LFC Performance Comparison APPC Hydroelectric AGC (Power) Requirement: 90% -> 40% in 10 seconds 40% for 10 seconds 40% -> 90% in 10 seconds Power Rotor Frequency Turbine Head Gate Positioner APPC achieves the required AGC performance Classic Control performance error = ∫ | e | dt = 0.8 pu-sec Classic Control does not achieve the required AGC performance performance error = ∫ | e | dt = 4.0 pu-sec CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 3 APPC Hydro vs. Classic Control AGC-LFC Performance Comparison APPC Hydroelectric AGC (Power) Requirement: 10 second interval pulse train as shown Power Rotor Frequency Turbine Head Gate Positioner APPC achieves the required AGC performance Classic Control performance error = ∫ | e | dt = 0.3 pu-sec Classic Control does not achieve the required AGC performance performance error = ∫ | e | dt = 6.25 pu-sec CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 4 Technical Description APPC - Hydroelectric 1. Hydroelectric Power Plant Modeling and Simulation 2. APPC - Hydroelectric discrete-time, non-linear model reference control algorithm 3. APPC - Hydro simulated Interconnected (Power) Mode Performance 4. APPC - Hydro simulated Island (Frequency) Mode Performance 5. Project Activities 6. Simulator-based Installation and Testing Approach 7. Design of Hydroelectric Power Plant Performance Tests 8. Performance Analysis Toolkit 9. NI cRIO-based Power-Frequency Measurement and Power Generation Observer 10. Gate Positioner Response Analysis 11. Turbine Characteristic Curves 12. Generator Dynamic Response 13. Island Mode Response Test 14. National Instruments cRIO Configurations CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 5 APPC - Hydroelectric: Modeling Tunnel: d/dt Uc = (H0 + Zc - Hs - f2 Uc2) / Twc Surge Tank: d/dt Zs = ( Uc - Ut ) / Ts Hs = Zs + f0 |Us| Us Penstock: d/dt Ut = (r(Hs + Zp) - Ht - f1 Ut2) / Twp Twc (5 - 50 s) Ts (100 - 1000 s) Twp (0.4 - 2.0 s) Tg (0.2 - 0.5 s) f0 (0.1 - 0.2) f1 (0.01 - 0.04) f2 (0.04 - 0.1) H (2 - 10 s) Pmax (1.5 - 3) De (10 - 30) DL (0.5 – 1.5) Gate Positioner: d/dt GP = ( UP - GP ) / Tg G = hysteresis(GP) Turbine: Ht* = (Ut / g1(G))2 Pm = Ut Ht* g2(G) = Ht*1.5 g3(G) Generator (interconnected mode): d/dt ωr = ( Pm - Pemax(sinδr + α sin2δr) - De(ωr - ωG) ) / 2 H d/dt δr = ω0 (ωr - ωG) Generator (island mode): d/dt ∆ωr = ( Pm - Pe0 - DL ∆ωr ) / 2 H ∆ωr = ωr - ωrset CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 6 Wicket Gate - Turbine - Generator Model interconnected mode: Up 1 Gp G 1 + TPs g3( ) ( )1.5 Pm + ωr 1/2Hs + Pd + D - + Ht* Pe Po(sin(δ) + α sin(2δ)) δ ω0/s ωG loop output - - positioner - - gate - - - - turbine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - generator island mode: Up 1 1 + TPs Gp G g3( ) ( )1.5 Pm + ωr 1/2Hs + + DL - + Ht* Pe0 CIMExcel Software Inc. ω0 Slide 7 Discrete-time Non-linear Model Reference Control event driven Power Control Algorithm Pe set(j) Pe(j) Power Generation Observer adaptive discrete time step size interconnected mode ~ 5 seconds Pe(t) AGC Mode Selector ωr(t) operator P(j) island mode ωr set Frequency Control Algorithm ωr(j) Filter/ Sampler G(j) ÷ g3-1() Ht*1.5(j+1) Hydroelectric Model Reference Predictor Hysteresis Gu(j) Smoother Compensator g4() Blade Smoother Hysteresis B(j) Compensator Bu(j) (with variable pitch blades) Ht*(t) ωr(t) CIMExcel Software Inc. Gu(t) Slide 8 Bu(t) Classic Control - Load Frequency Control + ωrset (conceptual) ωr filter - deadband 1 Rp load rate limits limits + + deadband τR S + 1 (RT/Rp)τR S + 1 rate limits limits deadband Up droop, Rp = 0.05 transient, RT = 0.38 reset, CIMExcel Software Inc. τR = 1 s, interconnected = 5 s, island mode Slide 9 APPC - Hydroelectric - Interconnected Mode Performance (moderate variation of AGC load allocation) CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 10 APPC - Hydroelectric - Interconnected Mode Performance (fast variation of AGC load allocation) CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 11 APPC - Hydroelectric - Island Mode Performance (external AGC triggered at 2% overgenerated) CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 12 Performance Analysis and Engineering Services For Francis, Kaplan, Pelton turbines, surge tanks, and with modern DCS/PLCs. Analysis 1. Data Acquisition System setup, interfacing to PLC, programming in PLC. 2. Power-Frequency measurement, signal analysis and filtering. 3. Analysis, modeling, and simulation of the tunnel, surge tank, and penstock. 4. Analysis, modeling, simulation of the governor system. 5. Design of the Performance Tests. Testing 6. Testing for the penstock water hammer dynamics. 7. Testing for the wicket gate and blade pitch positioner hysteresis and response. 8. Testing for the characteristic curves for the turbine flow, power, and efficiency. 9. Testing for the generator dynamic response. 10. Baseline Performance monitoring and analysis for interconnected and island operation. Simulator 11. Configuration for the Hydroelectric site and the APPC control algorithms. 12. Comparative simulation performance analysis of existing and APPC control algorithms. 13. Integration of the Hydroelectric Power Plant Simulator at the site. Installation of the APPC control algorithms in the DCS/PLC 14. Parallel control loop block, bumpless transfer switch. 15. Function Block Configuration and or Structured Text Programming. Simulator-based testing. Performance Trials and Acceptance Testing 16. Interconnected Mode - load following response. 17. Island Mode - frequency control response, and or simulated island operation. CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 13 Simulator-based Installation and Testing DCS /PLC Turbine Head Turbine Flow Rotor Frequency Electric Power Turbine Head Turbine Flow Rotor Frequency Electric Power (PGO) existing control loop Gate Positioner APPC control loop Gate Positioner Gate Positioner Grid Frequency Hydroelectric Power Plant Simulator Turbine Head Turbine Flow Rotor Frequency Electric Power Rotor Frequency Generator 3 Phase Voltages Generator 3 Phase Currents NI DAQ / PAC Subsystem Electric Power (PGO) CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 14 Performance Analysis Toolkit High Speed NI-DAQ Power Spectral Analysis Signal Processing and Filtering Time Series Analysis Fourier Analysis CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 15 Power and Frequency Measurement - Power Generation Observer CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 16 Gate Positioner Step Input Analysis Step Input without conditioning Step Input with conditioning CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 17 Identification - Gate Positioner Hysteresis CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 18 Characteristic Curves - Flow, Power, and Efficiency CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 19 Island Mode Response Testing (0.02 pu load reduction) 0.02 pu 2H = 11.4 s DL = 1 CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 20 National Instruments cRIO Controller Power and Frequency Measurement Configuration Rotor Frequency Phase 1 Voltage Phase 1 Current Phase 2 Voltage Phase 2 Current Phase 3 Voltage Phase 3 Current NI cRIO Controller with LabVIEWIEC 1131 Software CIMExcel Software Inc. Power Generation Rotor Frequency Slide 21 National Instruments cRIO Controller Identification Configuration Rotor Frequency Phase 1 Voltage Phase 1 Current Phase 2 Voltage Phase 2 Current Phase 3 Voltage Phase 3 Current Turbine Head Turbine Flow Gate Positioner Output NI cRIO Controller with LabVIEWIEC 1131 Software Power Generation Rotor Frequency Gate Positioner Input PC with APPC Hydroelectric Software CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 22 National Instruments cRIO Controller Simulator Configuration Phase 1 Voltage Phase 1 Current Phase 2 Voltage Phase 2 Current Phase 3 Voltage Phase 3 Current Gate Positioner Output* NI cRIO Controller with LabVIEWIEC 1131 Software Grid Frequency Gate Positioner Output* Power Generation Rotor Frequency Turbine Head Power Generation Rotor Frequency Turbine Head PC with APPC Hydroelectric Software CIMExcel Software Inc. Slide 23