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WECC Guideline: Typical Machine Data for Power System Simulation Modeling Date: 04/10/2012
Approved By: Approving Committee, Entity or Person WECC Modeling and Validation Work Group WECC Technical Studies Subcommittee Date March 21, 2012 April 26, 2012

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Thefollowingtypicalmachinedataforthermal,hydro,wind,andsolargeneratingunits canbeusedforplanningstudiesifdataisnotavailableforthemachine,eitherbecause themachineisnotyetbuiltorisownedbyanotherentity.Thisdataisnottobeused forgeneratorinterconnectionstudiesorforbasecasedatasubmittalsofexistingunits. Forexistinggeneratingunits,followtheGeneratingUnitModelValidationPolicy. TypicalPowerSystemSimulationModelingParametersforThermalGeneratingUnits Belowaretypicalparametersforthermalgeneratingunits:gasturbines(GT),single shaftcombinedcycleturbines(SSCC),andsteamturbines(ST).

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TypicalPowerSystemSimulationModelingParametersforHydroGeneratingUnits
Belowaretypicalmodelingparametersforhydrogeneratingunits. TypicalPowerSystemSimulationModelingParameters HydroGeneratingUnits

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TypicalPowerSystemSimulationModelingParametersforWindGeneratingUnits TheWECCApprovedDynamicModelDatabasecontainsgenericmodelsforfourtypesof windturbinegenerators(WTG).Whilethegenericmodelswereintendedtorepresenta certaintypeofWTG,differentmanufacturersusedifferentcontrolapproaches,anditis understoodthatdifferentcontrolapproachesanddifferentparameters.Itis recommendedthatusersfullyreviewthemodeldocumentationandconsultwithWTG manufacturersbeforeapplyingthemodel.WECCiscurrentlyupdatingthegenericwind models. BelowaretypicalparametersforaType3andaType4windturbinegeneratorforuse withthecurrentlyapprovedWECCgenericwindmodels.Pleasenotthatthetypical dataforType3andType4WTGs,correspondstoGeneralElectricDFIGandfull converterWTGs,respectively.ThedataisnotrepresentativeofallType3andType4 WTGmanufacturers.TheType3windgeneratorisrepresentedbyfourseparate modules:wt3g(generator),wt3e(excitation),wt3t(turbine),andwt3p(pitch controller).TheType4windgeneratorisrepresentedbythreeseparatemodules:wt4g (generator/converter),wt4e(converterelectricalcontrols),andwt4t(turbine). wt3gGeneratormodelforType3windturbines Default Notes(seePSLFmanualforadditionalinformation) 0.8 Generatoreffectivereactance,p.u.ongen.MVAbase 1 Connect(1)/disconnect(0)LowVolt.PowerLogicswitch 10 LVPLrampratelimit,p.u. 0.9 LVPLcharacteristicbreakpoint,p.u. 0.5 LVPLcharacteristiczerocrossing,p.u. 1.22 LVPLbreakpoint,p.u. 1.2 Voltagelimitusedinthehighvoltagereactivecurrent managementfunction,p.u. 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.7 Highvoltagepointforlowvoltageactivecurrentmanagement function,p.u. Lowvoltagepointforlowvoltageactivecurrentmanagement function,p.u. Currentlimitinthehighvoltagereactivecurrentmanagement function,p.u. Accelerationfactorusedinthehighvoltagereactivecurrent managementfunction.

Parameter Lpp Lvplsw Rrpwr Brkpt Zerox Lvpl1 Volim Lvpnt1 Lvpnt0 Iolim Khv

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wt3eExcitationcontrolmodelforType3windturbinegenerators Parameter Default Notes(seePSLFmanualforadditionalinformation) Varflg 0 0=ConstantQcntl;1=UseWindPlantreactivepowercntrl;1= Constantpowerfactorcontrol Vltflg Tsp Kptrq Kitrq Tpc Pmax Pmin Pwrat Ipmax Wpmin Wp20 Wp40 Wp60 Pwp100 Wp100 Kqi Kqv Qmax Qmin Vmax Vmin Xiqmax Xiqmin Tp Xc Tr Fn Kiv Kpv Tv Tc 1.00 5.00 3.00 0.60 0.05 1.12 0.04 0.45 1.10 0.69 0.78 0.98 1.12 0.74 1.20 0.10 40.0 0.436 0.436 1.10 0.90 1.45 0.50 0.05 0.00 0.02 1.00 1.0 5.0 0.05 0.15 1=Useclosedloopterminalvoltagecontrol;0=Bypassclosed loopterminalvoltagecontrol Speedreferencelag(sec) Torquecontrolproportionalgain(p.u.P) Torquecontrolintegralgain(p.u.P/sec) Powercontrollag(sec) Maximumpowerorder(p.u.) Minimumpowerorder(p.u.) Powerorderratelimit(p.u./sec) Maximumreactivecurrentorder,(p.u.ofratedcurrent) ShaftspeedatPmin(p.u.) Shaftspeedat20%ratedpower(p.u.) Shaftspeedat40%ratedpower(p.u.) Shaftspeedat60%ratedpower(p.u.) Minimumpowerforoperatingatwp100speed(p.u.) Shaftspeedatratedpower(p.u.) Reactivecontrolgain(p.u.V/p.u.Qsec) Terminalvoltagecontrolgain,(p.u.V/p.u.V) Maximumreactivepowerlimit(p.u.) Minimumreactivepowerlimit(p.u.) Maximumvoltagelimit(p.u.) Minimumvoltagelimit(p.u.) Terminalvoltageregulatormaximumlimit(p.u.) Terminalvoltageregulatorminimumlimit(p.u.) Powerfactorcontrolfiltertimeconstant(sec) Compensatingreactanceforvoltagecontrol(p.u.) Voltagetransducertimeconstant(sec) FractionofWTGinWindPlantthatareonline Integralgain(p.u.Q/p.u.Vsec) Proportionalgain(p.u.Q/p.u.V) Proportionalpathtimeconstant(sec) Communicationlag(sec)
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Parameter Vw H D Kaero Theta2 Htfrac Freq1 Dshaft

wt3tSimplifiedwindturbinemodelforType3windturbines Default Notes(seePSLFmanualforadditionalinformation) Initialwindspeed,p.u.ofratedwindspeed 4.94 Totalinertiaconstant,MWsec/MVA 0 Dampingfactor,p.u.P/p.u.speed 0.007 Aerodynamicgainfactor 21.98 Bladepitchattwiceratedwindspeed,deg. Optionaltwomassmodel: 0.875 Turbineinertiafraction(Ht/H) 1.8 Firstshafttorsionalresonantfrequency,Hz 1.5 Shaftdampingfactor,p.u.P/p.u.speed

wt3pPitchcontroller/pseudogovernormodelforType3windturbines Parameter Default Notes(seePSLFmanualforadditionalinformation) Kpp 150 Pitchcontrolproportionalgain,deg./p.u.speed Kip 25 Pitchcontrolintegralgain,deg./(p.u.speedsec.) Kpc 3 Pitchcompensatorproportionalgain,deg./p.u.P Kic 30 Pitchcompensatorintegralgain,deg./(p.u.Psec.) Pimax 27 Maximumpitchangle,deg. Pimin 0 Minimumpitchangle,deg. Pirat 10 Pitchratelimit,deg./sec. Tpi 0.3 Bladeresponsetimeconstant,sec. Pset 1 Powersetpoint,p.u.

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wt4gGenerator/convertermodelforType4windturbines Parameter Default Notes(seePSLFmanualforadditionalinformation) Lvplsw 1.0 Connect(1)/disconnect(0)LowVolt.PowerLogicswitch Rrpwr 10.0 LVPLrampratelimit,p.u. Brkpt 0.9 LVPLcharacteristicbreakpoint,p.u. Zerox 0.4 LVPLcharacteristiczerocrossing,p.u. Lvpl1 1.22 LVPLbreakpoint,p.u. Volim 1.2 Voltagelimitusedinthehighvoltagereactivecurrentmanagement function,p.u. Lvpnt1 0.8 Highvoltagepointforlowvoltageactivecurrentmanagementfunction, p.u. Lvpnt 0.4 Lowvoltagepointforlowvoltageactivecurrentmanagementfunction, p.u. Iolim 1.3 Currentlimitinthehighvoltagereactivecurrentmanagementfunction, p.u. Khv 0.70 Accelerationfactorusedinthehighvoltagereactivecurrent managementfunction wt4eExcitation(converter)controlmodelforType4windturbinegenerators Parameter Default Notes(seePSLFmanualforadditionalinformation) varflg 1 1=QordfromWindCONTROLemulation;1=Qordfromvref(i.e., separatemodel);0=Powerfactorcontrol(pfaflg=1) Kqi 0.1 Qcontrolintegralgain Kvi 120. Vcontrolintegralgain Vmax 1.1 MaximumVatregulatedbus(p.u.) Vmin 0.9 MinimumVatregulatedbus(p.u.) Qmax 0.40 MaximumQcommand(p.u.) Qmin 0.40 MinimumQcommand(p.u.) Tr 0.02 WindCONTROLvoltagemeasurementlag,sec. Tc 0.15 LagbetweenWindCONTROLoutputandwindturbine,sec. Kpv 5.0 WindCONTROLregulatorproportionalgain Kiv 1.0 WindCONTROLregulatorintegralgain pfaflg 0 1=regulatepowerfactorangle;0=regulateQ fn 1.0 fractionofWTGsinwindfarmthatareonline Tv 0.05 TimeconstantinproportionalpathofWindCONTROLemulator,sec. Tpwr 0.05 TimeconstantinpowermeasurementforPFAcontrol(Tp),sec. Iphl 1.24 Hardlimitonrealcurrent,p.u. Iqhl 1.25 Hardlimitonreactivecurrent,p.u. Pqflag 0 0=Qpriority;1=Ppriority Imaxtd 1.70 Maximumtemperaturedependentconvertercurrent,p.u. Viqlim 1.60 Max.voltagedependentreactivecurrentlimit,p.u.
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 wt4tSimplifiedwindturbinemodelforType4windturbines

Parameter Default Notes(seePSLFmanualforadditionalinformation) Tpw 0.05 Voltagetransducertimeconstant,p.u. Kpp 0.08 PIcontrollerproportionalgain,p.u. Kip 0.10 PIcontrollerintegralgain,p.u. Tf 0.08 Ratefeedbacktimeconstant,p.u. Kf 0.00 Ratefeedbackgain,p.u. dPmx 0.1 MaximumPIcontrolleroutput,p.u. dPmn 0.1 MinimumPIcontrolleroutput,p.u.

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TypicalPowerSystemSimulationModelingParametersforSolarGeneratingUnits REMTFisworkingongenericPVplantmodelsforuseinWECC.Aprototypemodel calledPV1anditscorrespondingdefaultparametersareincludedinthelatestreleaseof theGEPSLFprogram(version18.0_01).ThePV1modelconsistsoftwomodules:PV1G forconverterandPV1Eforconverterelectricalcontrols. PleasenotethatthePV1modelisaREMTFprototypethatisstillunderdevelopment andhasnotbeenofficiallyaddedintheWECCApprovedDynamicModelLibrary. Therefore,typicaldataisnotprovided.Inthemeantime,REMTFwouldbehappyto addressanytechnicalquestions.

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