The content of this Master´s Thesis is creating of dynamic models of distributed energy sources in PSCAD and their validation in chosen operation regimes. In the introduction of this thesis is summarized theoretical knowledge about methods for power systems analysis and there is a comparison of static and dynamic methods for power systems analysis. Static methods are used to calculate electric variables in grid nodes. In compare with them, dynamic methods are used to study instantaneous electrical and mechanical variables not only in grid nodes, but also at components of power system. Secondly, we individually designed distributed energy sources in according to requirements, we made a topology of distribution grid and we integrated these energy sources to the distribution grid. Finally, we chose some operation regimes, and studied a behavior of energy sources during these operation regimes.

The content of this Master´s Thesis is creating of dynamic models of distributed energy sources in PSCAD and their validation in chosen operation regimes. In the introduction of this thesis is summarized theoretical knowledge about methods for power systems analysis and there is a comparison of static and dynamic methods for power systems analysis. Static methods are used to calculate electric variables in grid nodes. In compare with them, dynamic methods are used to study instantaneous electrical and mechanical variables not only in grid nodes, but also at components of power system. Secondly, we individually designed distributed energy sources in according to requirements, we made a topology of distribution grid and we integrated these energy sources to the distribution grid. Finally, we chose some operation regimes, and studied a behavior of energy sources during these operation regimes.

Smart radial distribution grids will include advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and significant distributed generators (DGs) connected close to loads. DGs in these radial distribution systems (RDS) introduce bidirectional power flows (BPFs) and contribute to fault current. These BPFs may cause unwanted tripping of existing overcurrent (OC) protection devices and result in permanent outages for a large number of customers. This thesis presents a protection approach that modified an existing overcurrent protection scheme to reduce the number of customers affected by faults in RDS with DGs. Further, a technique is presented that utilizes customers loading information from smart meters in AMI to improve the sensitivity of substation OC relays by adaptively changing the pickup settings. The modified protection approach involves predefining zones in RDS with DGs and installing directional OC relays and circuit breakers at the zonal boundaries. Zonal boundary relays determine faulted zones by sharing information on the direction of detected faults current using binary state signals over a communication medium. The technique to adapt the substation relay pickup settings uses the demand measurements from smart meters for two 12-hour intervals from the previous day to determine the maximum diversified demand at the relay?s location. The pickup settings of the substation relay for the two 12-hour intervals during the following day for the zone supplied by the substation are adaptively set based on the current that corresponds to the maximum diversified demand from the previous day. The techniques were validated through simulations in EMTP/PSCAD using an expanded IEEE 34 node radial test feeder that included DGs and a secondary distribution level. By decentralizing the control of the zonal boundary breakers, the single point of failure was eliminated in the modified protection approach. The cases studied showed that the modified protection approach allows for selective identification and isolation of the faulted zones. Also, the sensitivity of the substation OC relay was improved by at least 24% by using the pickup settings for the two 12-hour intervals from the smart meter demand measurements compared to the pickup settings computed using the conventional methodology based on the maximum loading of the zone.

Στην παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία διερευνώνται οι προδιαγραφές για την εγκατάσταση και τη διασύνδεση με το δίκτυο διανομής ενός οικιακού φωτοβολταϊκού συστήματος. Ο όρος «οικιακό» αναφέρεται σε φωτοβολταϊκά συστήματα μικρής ισχύος, έως 10 kWp, τα οποία τοποθετούνται πάνω σε κτίρια ή ενσωματώνονται σε αυτά ενώ παρέχουν ηλεκτρική ενέργεια στο δίκτυο μέσω της ίδιας παροχής του κτιρίου. Τα οικιακά φωτοβολταϊκά παρουσιάζουν πολλά πλεονεκτήματα ώστε να αποτελέσουν πόλο έλξης για τους μελλοντικούς παραγωγούς όπως θερμική μόνωση, ηχομόνωση, ηλιο-προστασία, δεν απαιτούν επιπλέον χώρο για την εγκατάσταση τους, συνεισφέρουν στην κάλυψη του φορτίου αιχμής, δε περιλαμβάνουν κινητά μέρη, προσφέρουν έναν ελκυστικό σχεδιασμό κτιρίου και αντικαθιστούν συμβατικά κατασκευαστικά υλικά. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζεται μια θεωρητική ανασκόπηση της φύσης της ηλιακής ακτινοβολίας. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο γίνεται μια περιγραφή του ηλιακού κυττάρου, των φωτοβολταϊκών πλαισίων και των αρχών λειτουργίας τους, καθώς και παρουσιάζονται τα ηλεκτρικά χαρακτηριστικά τους και οι παράγοντες που τα επηρεάζουν. Εν συνεχεία, στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο μπορούμε να δούμε τα κριτήρια με τα οποία επιλέγεται ο τόπος και ο τρόπος εγκατάστασης ενός φωτοβολταϊκού συστήματος, και παρουσιάζονται οι αρχές σχεδιασμού του συστήματος ξεκινώντας από την επιλογή του αντιστροφέα μέχρι τα μέσα προστασίας και την καλωδίωση. Στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζονται οι απαιτήσεις που πρέπει να τηρούνται ώστε να καθίσταται εφικτή η διασύνδεση με το δίκτυο ΧΤ μιας εγκατάστασης παραγωγής ενέργειας. Επιπλέον, εξετάζονται τα κριτήρια τήρησης των ανωτέρω απαιτήσεων, όπως η επάρκεια του δικτύου, η διαμόρφωση των προστασιών της διασύνδεσης, οι μεταβολές της τάσης, το φαινόμενο flicker, η έγχυση αρμονικών, η νησιδοποίηση και οι επιπτώσεις στα συστήματα Τηλεχειρισμών Ακουστικής Συχνότητας. Εν τέλει, στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο πραγματοποιούνται προσομοιώσεις για την μελέτη των παραπάνω προδιαγραφών σε δύο διατάξεις που εξομοιώθηκαν με το πρόγραμμα PSCAD. Η μια διάταξη περιλαμβάνει μια φωτοβολταϊκή συστοιχία ισχύος 9.6 kWp, έναν μετατροπέα υποβιβασμού τάσης ο οποίος κάνει την ανίχνευση του σημείου μεγίστης ισχύος, έναν τριφασικό αντιστροφέα με παλμοδότηση SPWM, το φίλτρο LC για τη μείωση του αρμονικού περιεχομένου, έναν μετασχηματιστή απομόνωσης και ανύψωσης τάσης 150V/400V, το δίκτυο ΧΤ και το οικιακό φορτίο. Η δεύτερη διάταξη διαφοροποιείται από την πρώτη στο ότι δεν περιλαμβάνει μετατροπέα υποβιβασμού τάσης, έτσι ο αντιστροφέας αναλαμβάνει την ανίχνευση του σημείου μεγίστης ισχύος. Αρχικά παρουσιάζεται η απόκριση των συστημάτων σε κανονικές συνθήκες λειτουργίας και μέση φόρτιση, ενώ εξετάζεται και η επίδραση των τιμών των ελεγκτών στην απόκριση τους. Στη συνέχεια, γίνεται η μελέτη αρμονικών και η διερεύνηση της επίδρασης της ακτινοβολίας στους συντελεστές ολικής αρμονικής παραμόρφωσης ρεύματος και τάσης, και στο συντελεστή ισχύος. Έπειτα εξετάζεται η απόκριση των συστημάτων σε απότομες μεταβολές της ακτινοβολίας και του φορτίου. Τέλος διερευνώνται οι διακυμάνσεις της τάσης που εμφανίζονται σε οριακές καταστάσεις λειτουργίας του φωτοβολταϊκού και φόρτισης του δικτύου ενώ εξετάζονται και οι επιπτώσεις στα συστήματα Τηλεχειρισμών Ακουστικής Συχνότητας. / The aim of the present thesis is the study of the installation and grid-interconnection requirements and specifications of a domestic photovoltaic system. The term “domestic” refers to low power photovoltaic systems (up to 10 kWp), installed or integrated into buildings while providing electric power to the grid through the buildings main power connection. Domestic photovoltaic systems have a number of advantages, such as thermal / sound insulation, solar protection, they do not require extra space in order to be installed, they can contribute in the case of high power demand, they do not require any moving parts, they can prove attractive in terms of building design and even eventually substitute conventional building materials. These advantages are bound to put them in the center of electric power producers’ attention in the immediate future. In the first chapter a theoretic overview of the nature of solar radiation is presented. In the second chapter, photovoltaic cells and panels as well as their function and electrical properties are briefly analyzed. In the third chapter, the criteria of the photovoltaic system’s installation location and method – from the selection of a proper inverter to the system’s electrical protection equipment and wiring. In the fourth chapter the requirements that must be met in order to establish a connection with the power distribution grid are being presented. The relevant criteria such as: a) power grid adequacy, b) proper design and configuration of the grid connection protection equipment, c) voltage variations, d) flickering, e) voltage/current harmonics, f) islanding, and g) effects on 175Hz remote-operation systems are being studied. Finally, in the fifth chapter, PSCAD-realized simulations with two configurations are presented. The first configuration consists of a 9.6kWp photovoltaic array, a dc-to-dc buck converter which implements a maximum-power-point-tracking algorithm, a SPWM-pulsed three-phase inverter, a LC harmonic filter, an isolating 150V/400Vvoltage transformer, the low-voltage grid and a domestic electric load. The second configuration does not include a buck converter and thus, the maximum-power-point-tracking algorithm is implemented on the inverter. The systems’ response in normal operating conditions and with a medium load as well as the effect of different controller gains in the aforementioned response are initially presented. Afterwards, the system’s voltage/current harmonics and the effect of solar radiation in the Total Harmonic Distortion and Power factors are being studied. In continuation the system’s response in rapid change of solar irradiance / electrical load is presented. Finally, voltage variations which appear in boundary operating conditions of the grid and photovoltaic system, as well as the impact on 175Hz remote-operation systems are studied.

In this thesis, an evaluation of the existing control system for ABB: s HVDC Classic Links is performed in order to investigate whether a possible improvement to commutation failure prediction is possible and to be recommended. The thesis starts with a theoretical approach to the complexity of consequences of increasing the extinction angle (γ) in order to prevent commutation failure in inverter operation, which is later confirmed through using the simulation software PSCAD to evaluate coherence between simulation results and theory. Dynamic power studies are performed through simulations in the electromagnetic time domain transient tool PSCAD in order to establish a possible improvement to the existing commutation failure prediction today used in ABB control systems for HVDC applications.

The most widespread system of an earthing neutral point of a supply transformer in a MV network is an earthing through an arc-suppression coil. In this case of a resonant-earthed power system a fault current is compensated by the suppression coil and only residual current flows through a fault point. A value of the residual current is much smaller then a value of an original capacitive current of the network and is not dependent on the fault location. According to that reasons it is really complicated to fast and accurately determine the fault point location. Since nowadays used methods for the ground fault location inside wide distribution networks have a lot of disadvantages, the thesis is focused on a proposal of a new method for the ground fault location especially inside of a compensated network. The main reasons for a consecutive installation of power quality meters into distribution transformer substations are a power quality monitoring and a global evolution of an electrical network onto the “SmartGrids”. In case that all results from the meters are properly synchronized and centralized, new possibilities of control or of an evaluation of a network are enabled. This doctoral thesis proposes the possibility for the ground fault detection with an aid of synchronized records recorded on the low-voltage side of the distribution transformers 22/0.4 kV into the network equipped with automatics for short-time increasing of an active part of a faulty current. The described method uses a voltage drop evoked by connecting of the auxiliary resistor for location of the faulty section. The proposed method is tested with help of numerical model which presents a part of the distribution network Series of simulation are executed and correct function and force function of the method is reviewed. Finally the thesis describes real experiment and also a confrontation between simulation and real measuring, and also possibilities of method usage are commented.

This diploma thesis deals with the simulation of various operating situations in the network with many non-rotating power sources, especially focusing on frequency stability. Non-rotating power source is any source that delivers its power to the grid via power electronics. The first part of the thesis describes power system of the Czech Republic and its future development. In the next section, there is short description of today's most common non-rotating power sources. The third part deals with power regulation of the frequency in the grid. The following part describes the models of electrical circuit created for use in PSCAD simulations. The penultimate part describes simulations performed on a model of the network with many non-rotating power sources, which also includes rotating sources. The last part describes simulations performed on a model of the network that is composed of non-rotating power sources only.

This master's thesis deals with the comparison of the short-circuit current calculation for a model example according to the standard IEC 60909-0:2016 with simulation programs. The first part deals with short-circuit in general together with an example of calculation of short-circuit currents. The next part of the master’s thesis deals with creating models of network elements by different simulation programs. The last part deals with dynamic simulation of model example together with programs settings. Finally, the results of simulations are evaluated.

Theses focuses on the evaluation of the possible means of active and reactive power control of generating units connected to medium voltage. First part summarizes analysis of Czech Republic medium voltage distribution grid. It summarizes means of autonomous and dispatcher control of generating units with respect to European Comission directive RfG, standard ČSN EN 50549-2 and national implementation PPDS. Following parts provide description of generating unit and distribution grid models used for simulation in PSCAD. Last part focuses on evaluation of results obtained via simulating steady-state scenarios as well as continuous simulation.

In recent years, the development trend of power grids character shows increased demand for using cables of both current overhead and newly constructed lines. In order to preserve reliable operation and to predict the maintenance requirements, it is crucial to regard not only the parameters certified by manufacturers, but also externalities induced by real environment and incorporate these externalities into cable models in simulation software. The diploma thesis deals with determining of characteristic parameters of single core cables in real environment, which are affected by real grounding methods of metal shielding. The emphasis is put on analysis of current cable models in simulation software PSCAD and its evaluation using two-step experiment 1) measurement of shunt parameters in laboratory using electronic bridge model and 2) on field measurement of cable series parameters in real environment.