This thesis introduces a new modeling approach that allows very large power systems to be modeled on a real time electro-magnetic transients (EMT) digital simulator with reduced hardware costs. The key step in achieving this is the development of an improved wide-band multi-port equivalent, which reduces a large power network into a small manageable equivalent model that preserves wideband behaviors. This approach has a foundation method that use a two part equivalent in which the high frequency behavior of the equivalenced network is represented by a terminating frequency dependent network equivalent (FDNE), with the low frequency behavior being modeled using a detailed Transient Stability Analysis (TSA) model that only models the electromechanical behavior. This approach allowed the modelling of medium size electric regions up to hundreds of buses in real time. This thesis extends the equivalent by implementing a reduced order of the detailed electromechanical TSA equivalent mentioned above. Coherency based reduction is used for the electromechanical model of the power network to be equivalenced, and is implemented as a Transient Stability Analysis (TSA) type electromechanical equivalent. A challenge in implementing the FDNE is to ensure that it is a passive network, as otherwise its inclusion could lead to unstable simulation. This thesis also introduces a practical procedure to enforce passivity in the FDNE. The validity of the proposed technique is demonstrated by comparing the approach with detailed electromagnetic simulations of the well-known 39 bus New England system and a modified 39 bus system with an HVDC infeed with coupling between the dc line and an adjacent ac line, in addition to a 108 bus ac system. The power of the method is demonstrated by the real-time simulation of a large system with 2300 busses and 139 generators. It has been shown that this approach has the potential to increase by at least one order of magnitude the size of the network that can be modeled and thus on a real time electro-magnetic transients (EMT) digital simulator with reduced hardware costs.

IEC 61850 is rapidly becoming the internationally recognized standard for substation automation systems making it an indispensable element in power system protection and automation education. In order to facilitate teaching this very practical subject, a laboratory setup was developed to demonstrate IEC 61850 station bus inter Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) communication. In this setup, an electrical substation was implemented in a real time digital simulator (RTDS) and protection schemes were implemented in IEC 61850 station bus compliant IEDs from different vendors. Trip signals and breaker statuses were exchanged between RTDS and IEDs using GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation Event) messages. Several protection applications including a novel backup bus protection scheme were developed based on the setup to demonstrate the use of GOOSE messages in time critical applications. The developed test setup along with the designed laboratory exercises will undoubtedly enhance teaching, training and research in this important field. / February 2016

Esquemas de Rejeição de Cargas (RC) por subfrequência, utilizados para manter a frequência de operação de um Sistema Elétrico de Potência (SEP) próxima ao seu valor nominal, precisam ser criteriosamente projetados a fim de diminuir os riscos de colapso generalizado do sistema. Entretanto, pelos métodos convencionais, a quantidade de carga a ser rejeitada não leva em consideração a dinamicidade intrínseca do sistema, sendo baseada em conjecturas estáticas sobre porções do SEP. Como resultado, a redução da carga geralmente não é eficiente, gerando rejeição insuficiente ou excessiva. Neste cenário, este trabalho propõe um novo esquema para o controle da frequência em comparação aos processos de RC usualmente empregados. Com o propósito de superar as limitações e melhorar as principais funções desses processos é proposto um Sistema Multi Agentes (SMA) centralizado que irá coordenar as diversas etapas de monitoramento, processamento e tomada de decisão nos barramentos disponíveis para corte em situações de subfrequência. Busca-se dessa forma, desconectar o menor montante de cargas do sistema, por um curto espaço de tempo e com menor perturbação da frequência. Neste sentido, uma malha de controle fechada foi desenvolvida a partir da simulação de um sistema elétrico de potência completo via o Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS). O SMA foi embarcado em um sistema integrado de hardware e software em tempo real para teste e validação da metodologia proposta. No contexto delineado, uma métrica de avaliação foi proposta para comparar o método proposto com outras duas filosofias convencionais de RC. Os resultados obtidos permitem evidenciar o bom desempenho do SMA frente às duas filosofias convencionais, principalmente no que se refere ao montante de carga a ser rejeitado, com boa aproximação do valor esperado. / Automatic Under Frequency Load Shedding (AUFLS) schemes, used to maintain the frequency of an electric power system close to the nominal value, need to be carefully designed in order to reduce the risk of a widespread system collapse. However, the conventional methods do not take into account the inherent dynamics of an electric system and they are based on static assumptions. As a result, the shedding is generally not efficient, causing insufficient or excessive load discontinuity. In this scenario, this work proposes a new scheme for controlling the frequency compared to the AUFLS processes usually employed. In order to overcome the limitations of the methods usually employed and to improve the main functions of the AUFLS schemes, this work proposes a centralized MultiAgent System (MAS) that will coordinate the various stages of the monitoring and decision making process. The MAS seeks to disconnect a minimum amount of loads, in a short period of time and with less disturbance of the system frequency. A Hardware in Loop (HIL) configuration was developed from the simulation of a full electric system using the Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS). The MAS was embedded in a real time system, consisting of hardware and software to test and validate the proposed methodology. In addition, a scoring metric evaluation is defined in order to compare other two conventional AUFLS philosophies. The results show good performance of the proposed MAS. The shedding was carried out in a single step and the amount of load shed was very close to the expected value.

Esquemas de Rejeição de Cargas (RC) por subfrequência, utilizados para manter a frequência de operação de um Sistema Elétrico de Potência (SEP) próxima ao seu valor nominal, precisam ser criteriosamente projetados a fim de diminuir os riscos de colapso generalizado do sistema. Entretanto, pelos métodos convencionais, a quantidade de carga a ser rejeitada não leva em consideração a dinamicidade intrínseca do sistema, sendo baseada em conjecturas estáticas sobre porções do SEP. Como resultado, a redução da carga geralmente não é eficiente, gerando rejeição insuficiente ou excessiva. Neste cenário, este trabalho propõe um novo esquema para o controle da frequência em comparação aos processos de RC usualmente empregados. Com o propósito de superar as limitações e melhorar as principais funções desses processos é proposto um Sistema Multi Agentes (SMA) centralizado que irá coordenar as diversas etapas de monitoramento, processamento e tomada de decisão nos barramentos disponíveis para corte em situações de subfrequência. Busca-se dessa forma, desconectar o menor montante de cargas do sistema, por um curto espaço de tempo e com menor perturbação da frequência. Neste sentido, uma malha de controle fechada foi desenvolvida a partir da simulação de um sistema elétrico de potência completo via o Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS). O SMA foi embarcado em um sistema integrado de hardware e software em tempo real para teste e validação da metodologia proposta. No contexto delineado, uma métrica de avaliação foi proposta para comparar o método proposto com outras duas filosofias convencionais de RC. Os resultados obtidos permitem evidenciar o bom desempenho do SMA frente às duas filosofias convencionais, principalmente no que se refere ao montante de carga a ser rejeitado, com boa aproximação do valor esperado. / Automatic Under Frequency Load Shedding (AUFLS) schemes, used to maintain the frequency of an electric power system close to the nominal value, need to be carefully designed in order to reduce the risk of a widespread system collapse. However, the conventional methods do not take into account the inherent dynamics of an electric system and they are based on static assumptions. As a result, the shedding is generally not efficient, causing insufficient or excessive load discontinuity. In this scenario, this work proposes a new scheme for controlling the frequency compared to the AUFLS processes usually employed. In order to overcome the limitations of the methods usually employed and to improve the main functions of the AUFLS schemes, this work proposes a centralized MultiAgent System (MAS) that will coordinate the various stages of the monitoring and decision making process. The MAS seeks to disconnect a minimum amount of loads, in a short period of time and with less disturbance of the system frequency. A Hardware in Loop (HIL) configuration was developed from the simulation of a full electric system using the Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS). The MAS was embedded in a real time system, consisting of hardware and software to test and validate the proposed methodology. In addition, a scoring metric evaluation is defined in order to compare other two conventional AUFLS philosophies. The results show good performance of the proposed MAS. The shedding was carried out in a single step and the amount of load shed was very close to the expected value.

This thesis advances the state of the art in modeling electric machines in electro-magnetic transient simulation programs, particularly in real-time digital simulators. A new tool, developed in this thesis, expands the application of real-time digital simulators to closed-loop testing of protection relays designed to protect synchronous machines during internal faults. To evaluate the inductances of synchronous machines, a winding function approach was developed in this thesis which is capable of taking into account both the actual distribution of windings and the shape of the pole-arc. Factors such as MMF drop in the iron and effects of slots are compensated by evaluating the effective permeance function of the machine using experimentally measured values of d-, q- and 0- axis inductances. In this winding function approach, the effects of magnetic saturation are also included by considering the actual distribution of magneto-motive force in each loading condition of the machine. The inductances of an experimental machine are evaluated using this approach and validated using the finite-element method and laboratory measurements. This thesis also proposes an embedded phase-domain approach for time-domain simulation of the machine model in electromagnetic transients programs. The approach significantly improves the numerical stability of the simulations. Special numerical techniques are introduced, which speed up the execution of the algorithm as needed for real-time simulation. The machine model is validated in healthy and faulted conditions using simulations and laboratory experiments. Effects of damper grid representation on simulating turn-to-turn faults are investigated. The capability of this new real-time synchronous machine model in closed-loop testing of synchronous machines ground- faults protection relays is clearly demonstrated.

This thesis advances the state of the art in modeling electric machines in electro-magnetic transient simulation programs, particularly in real-time digital simulators. A new tool, developed in this thesis, expands the application of real-time digital simulators to closed-loop testing of protection relays designed to protect synchronous machines during internal faults. To evaluate the inductances of synchronous machines, a winding function approach was developed in this thesis which is capable of taking into account both the actual distribution of windings and the shape of the pole-arc. Factors such as MMF drop in the iron and effects of slots are compensated by evaluating the effective permeance function of the machine using experimentally measured values of d-, q- and 0- axis inductances. In this winding function approach, the effects of magnetic saturation are also included by considering the actual distribution of magneto-motive force in each loading condition of the machine. The inductances of an experimental machine are evaluated using this approach and validated using the finite-element method and laboratory measurements. This thesis also proposes an embedded phase-domain approach for time-domain simulation of the machine model in electromagnetic transients programs. The approach significantly improves the numerical stability of the simulations. Special numerical techniques are introduced, which speed up the execution of the algorithm as needed for real-time simulation. The machine model is validated in healthy and faulted conditions using simulations and laboratory experiments. Effects of damper grid representation on simulating turn-to-turn faults are investigated. The capability of this new real-time synchronous machine model in closed-loop testing of synchronous machines ground- faults protection relays is clearly demonstrated.

Práce se zabývá číslicovou simulací kytarových zesilovačů, jakož to nelineárních analogových hudebních efektů, v reálném čase. Hlavním cílem práce je návrh algoritmů, které by umožnily simulaci složitých systémů v reálném čase. Tyto algoritmy jsou prevážně založeny na automatizované DK-metodě a aproximaci nelineárních funkcí. Kvalita navržených algoritmů je stanovana pomocí poslechových testů.

Ces travaux portent sur l'étude et le développement d'un système de caractérisation de radioaltimètres. La propagation Air-Sol-Air, contexte particulier du canal de propagation aéronautique adaptée aux radioaltimètres, est étudiée et modélisée. Une approche hybride basée sur le lancer de rayon et les fonctions de distribution de la réflectance bidirectionnelle est proposée pour le développement d'un simulateur de canal de propagation dédié aux radioaltimètres. Les modèles issus de cet outil sont validés par confrontation à des essais en vol et une méthode de conditionnement des résultats est proposée pour les rendre utilisables dans un accumulateur de canaux de propagation temps réel. L'architecture matérielle et logicielle de celui-ci est détaillée dans ce manuscrit et son fonctionnement est validé par la mesure. / This thesis presents the study and the development of a radar-altimeter characterization tool. The Air-Ground-Air propagation channel is a specific context of the aeronautical channel applied to the radar-altimeters. A new hybrid method designed to the development of a channel simulator is described. This one is based upon ray tracing and bidirectionnal reflectance distribution functions and permits to obtain channel models validated by comparison with on flight measurements. A pre-conditioning method is also explained to make the channel models ready to be used in a real time channel emulator. The hardware and software architecture of this channel emulator is detailed in this book and its behavior is validated with laboratory measurements.

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