A Novel Control Strategy for Subsynchronous Resonance Mitigation Using 11 kV VFD-Based Auxiliary Power Plant Loads

Autor: Diptargha Chakravorty, James Yu, Papiya Dattaray, Vladimir Terzija, Peter Wall
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 33:728-740
ISSN: 1937-4208
0885-8977
Popis: This paper proposes a novel damping controller for subsynchronous resonance (SSR) mitigation using existing 11-kV variable frequency drive interfaced auxiliary power plant loads. The input of the proposed auxiliary damping controller is the turbine output power $(P_{t})$ . This is a standard signal that is monitored in power plant control rooms and is available locally without the need for additional measurement and/or communication infrastructure. The auxiliary damping controller (ADC) adds an auxiliary speed signal to the existing speed reference in the closed-loop motor drive control in response to any torsional range oscillations seen in $P_{t}$ , via a feedback compensator. The ADC extracts damping by exploiting SSR load interactions and is tuned using a residue-based pole placement technique. The ADC performance is evaluated for both torsional interaction and torque amplification types of SSR in the IEEE First Benchmark and IEEE 68-bus networks. The results show that the ADC is effective in providing positive damping to mitigate unstable SSR oscillations under a range of operating conditions. The proposed solution is a simple yet effective means of providing local control of SSR with minimal additional cost.
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