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Time Step Simulation
Caroline Marzinzik [email protected]
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Time Step Simulation
• It is often useful to assess how power system quantities vary hour by hour (or smaller time steps) due to changes in load, generation, transmission line status, etc.
• The Time Step Simulation (TSS) allows you to obtain power flow, OPF, and SCOPF solutions for a list of time points for which input (scenario) data has been specified.
• It also allows you to model actions that occur at specific times, as well as periodic actions.
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History
• Originally designed for studying optimal power flow results on an hour-by-hour basis (2001?) – Specifically for TVA
• Released for general use with Simulator Version 11 (April 2005) – Power flow as well as OPF – Specify time points with a resolution of minutes – Patch release April 2006 – specify time points with a resolution of
seconds
• BPA Quasi-Steady State Analysis (May 2010) – Time delays for switched shunts and transformers – Time Step Actions – Injection Groups time point input – CSV file output
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BPA Changes
• Sequence power flow studies (quasi-steady state) • Model variable MW output of a large number of wind
power plants over several hours to verify proper voltage profiles can be maintained under all operating conditions
• Plan secondary voltage resources and controls by implementing the order of slower system characteristics (few seconds to minutes/hours) – Load characteristic changes – LTC – Switched shunts – Remedial action schemes – Equipment status changes
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Switched Shunt Time Delay
• Must specify that a switched shunt be allowed to use a time delay during the time step simulation run
• Primary and optional secondary regulation ranges with time delays for switching
• All parameters stored with switched shunt objects in PWB and not in TSB – Switched Shunt dialog – Switched Shunt Records case information display
• Only evaluated and implemented if doing a complete time step simulation run – Must click Do Run button
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Switched Shunt Time Delay
• Switched shunts not using time delays operate as usual during a Time Step Simulation study with one exception – Switched shunts not using time delays are fixed in
the step where the shunts that are using time delays are processed
• Switched shunts using time delays are fixed at the beginning of the time step run – Processed after all other time point inputs are
applied – Only allowed to switch after time delay is met
while regulated value is outside regulation range
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Switched Shunt Time Delay
Primary Regulation Range
Regulated Bus
Control mode for one shunt at a bus must NOT be set to Fixed
Case and area shunt control must be enabled
Blocks must be defined to specify how much shunt can move at each time step
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Switched Shunt Time Delay
Must be checked to model time delay
Determines maximum Mvar change per time step
Optional Secondary Regulation Range
Delay used once regulated value first falls outside regulation range
Delay used once shunt starts switching but has not met regulation range
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Switched Shunt Time Delay
Time delay-specific fields
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Using Secondary Regulation Range
• Expectation is that secondary regulation range is larger and time delays are shorter for controls to act more quickly to larger deviation
• One range must be completely contained within the other to prevent conflicting control actions
• Secondary regulation range is always checked first – Primary timer is only started if the time delay for
secondary range is not met or the regulated value is within secondary regulation range
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Switched Shunt Time Delay
Time Bus 3 pu Volt
Shunt 3 #1 Nominal Mvar
Comments
12:00:00 AM 0.9942 50.0
12:00:01 AM 0.9942 50.0
12:00:02 AM 0.9942 50.0
12:00:03 AM 0.9711 50.0 Start Secondary and Primary Timers, First Move Delay applicable
12:00:04 AM 0.9711 50.0
12:00:05 AM 0.9768 60.0 Secondary Move (2 sec. delay), Reset Timers, Next Move Delay applicable
12:00:06 AM 0.9768 60.0 Start Secondary and Primary Timers
12:00:07 AM 0.9824 70.0 Secondary Move (1 sec. delay), Reset Timers
12:00:08 AM 0.9824 70.0 Start Primary Timer
12:00:09 AM 0.9824 70.0
12:00:10 AM 0.9882 80.0 Primary Move (2 sec. delay), Reset Timers
12:00:11 AM 0.9882 80.0 Start Primary Timer
12:00:12 AM 0.9882 80.0
12:00:13 AM 0.9939 90.0 Primary Move (2 sec. delay), Reset Timers, First Move Delay applicable
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Processing Switched Shunts
• Any switched shunt meeting time delay and regulated value is outside regulation range will be processed to determine switching
• Each shunt meeting this condition is processed one-by-one in the order of ascending bus number
– If any adjustments are made to a shunt, an estimate is made of any impact on system voltages and voltages are updated before the next switched shunt in the list is processed
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Processing Switched Shunts
– Only one switched shunt at a bus allowed to be on control at a time
– Multiple switched shunts at the same bus processed one-by-one in iterative steps
– Process is repeated until all shunts that are allowed to be on control for the time step have been processed
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Multiple Switched Shunts on Control at Same Bus
• Multiple switched shunts at the same bus are allowed to be on control when using the Time Step Simulation tool
– Not currently allowed during standard power flow solution
– One shunt at a bus must be specified as not fixed and this dictates the Control Mode for the others using time delays at that bus
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Iterative Process for Switched Shunts Example
Iteration Bus 1 Shunt A
Bus 2 Shunt B
Bus 2 Shunt C
Bus 3 Shunt D
Bus 3 Shunt E
Bus 3 Shunt F
1 Discrete Discrete Fixed Discrete Fixed Fixed
2 Fixed Fixed Discrete Fixed Discrete Fixed
3 Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Discrete
• At a given time step, 6 switched shunts meet time delay and outside regulation range
• Process these shunts while all other shunts are fixed
• At each iteration shunts are processed one-by-one in the order of Bus 1, Bus 2, Bus 3 – Any switching is done and then voltage estimates are used to
update the voltages before the next shunt is processed
• Only one shunt at a given bus can be on control during an iteration
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Transformer Time Delay
• Must specify that a transformer be allowed to use a time delay during the time step simulation run
• Primary and optional secondary regulation ranges with time delays for tap switching
• All parameters stored with transformer objects in PWB and not in TSB – Branch Information Dialog
– Transformer Control Records case information display
• Only evaluated and implemented if doing a complete time step simulation run – Must click Do Run button
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Transformer Time Delay
• Transformers not using time delays operate as usual during a Time Step Simulation study with one exception – Transformers not using time delays are fixed in the
step where the transformers that are using time delays are processed
• Transformers using time delays are fixed at the beginning of the time step run – Processed after all other time point inputs are
applied – Only allowed to change tap/phase positions after
time delay is met while regulated value is outside regulation range
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Transformer Time Delay
Control must be enabled for transformer or phase shifter
Area transformer control must be enabled along with case transformer and phase shifter control
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Transformer Time Delay
Primary Regulation Range (pu Voltage, Mvar, or MW)
Determines how much tap or phase can move at each time step
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Transformer Time Delay
Optional Secondary Regulation Range (pu Voltage, Mvar, or MW)
Must be checked to model time delay
Determines maximum tap/phase change per time step
Delay used once regulated value first falls outside regulation range
Delay used once transformer starts switching but has not met regulation range
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Transformer Time Delay
Time delay-specific fields. Can also be found on the Line and Transformer Records display.
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Processing Transformers
• Any transformer meeting time delay and regulated value is outside regulation range will be processed to determine tap/phase switching
• Transformers meeting this condition will be processed in the same manner that transformers on control are processed in the regular power flow solution – Balancing parallel LTC taps – Transformer Stepping Methodology – Min. Sensitivity for LTC Control – Model Phase Shifters as Discrete Controls
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Time Step Actions
• Conditional actions that can be implemented following a time delay
• Based off contingency elements with addition of time delay and requirement that Model Criteria be defined
• Can be defined from – Time Step Actions page of Time Step Simulation dialog – Model Explorer under Solution Detail\Time Step
Actions
• Saved with PWB and not in TSB • Only evaluated and implemented if doing a
complete time step simulation run – Must click Do Run button
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Creating/Modifying Time Step Actions
Right-click and choose Insert to create new action Right-click on existing action and choose Show Dialog to modify Can also create/modify from Model Explorer: Solution Detail\Time Step Actions
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Time Step Action Dialog
Model Criteria (Model Filter or Model Condition) must be specified for action to be considered
Minimum Time Delay is 1 second
Specified in the same manner as Contingency Elements
CHECK or NEVER
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Time Step Actions Example
• Adjust generator voltage setpoint and open switched shunt based on Model Criteria
Action implemented
Time Delay = 1 sec. Conditions met one time step (10 seconds between time steps) prior to the implementation time step.
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Time Step Actions Example
Action implemented
Time Delay = 56 sec. Conditions met 6 time steps (10 seconds between time steps) prior to the implementation time step.
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Time Step Actions Example
JONES_CANYON_LEANJ2 2 34.5 kV C1 open Met for Shunt 95003 #C1 Status = Open
JONES_CANYON_LEANJ2 2 34.5 kV L1 closed Met for Shunt 95003 #L1 Status = Closed
Model Criteria: JONES_CANYON_LEANJ2 2 switch out L1 and L2 Contains 4 Model Conditions
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Time Step Actions Example
JONES_CANYON_VAR_CONTR_ENABLE Met for Bus 47814 227.7< kV Voltage <246
JONES_CANYON_LEANJ2W2_switch_out_L1_and_L2 Met for Generator 95005 #W3 Mvar Output > 2 Mvar
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Processing Time Step Actions
• Any time step action meeting time delay and Model Criteria will be implemented
• All actions are evaluated to determine which should be implemented without actually implementing
• Prevent one action from influencing another in the same time step
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Flow of Time Step Run
1) Start the time step simulation by clicking the Do Run button on Time Step Simulation dialog
2) Initialize time delay objects and check for data errors
• If any errors result, provide user option to continue with Simulator fixing the errors or abort the run so that user can fix the errors – Transformers and switched shunts that are modeling
switching delays are turned off automatic control
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Flow of Time Step Run
3) Process a time point • If applying pre-script command before
applying input data, run pre-script command
• If Apply Input Data – Update loads, MW and Mvar – Update generators, MW and Max MW – Update line statuses – Update area loads, MW and Mvar – Update zone loads, MW and Mvar – Update injection group injections – Apply custom inputs
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Flow of Time Step Run
• If Apply Schedule Data – Apply schedule actions
• If Input Data and Schedule Data can be applied with no errors or not applying these at all – If applying pre-script command after
applying input data, run pre-script command
– If choosing to Apply and Solve • Solve power flow
• If successful power flow solution
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Flow of Time Step Run
– If any objects modeling time delay, check for time delay implementation
» Switched Shunts
» Transformers
» Time Step Actions
» If any system changes, solve power flow
– If still successful power flow solution (time delay actions implemented and power flow solves or no time delay actions implemented)
» If Solution Type <> Single Solution, run unconstrained OPF, OPF, or SCOPF
» If Run Contingencies = YES, run contingency analysis
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Flow of Time Step Run
• If applying post-script command before storing results, run post-script command
• Store results • If applying post-script command after
storing results, run post-script command 4) Continue processing time points
until all completed – go back to step 3 5) Restore time delay objects to original control
modes
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Injection Groups Input
• Allows easy scaling of groups of generators (such as wind farms)
• Loads and generators can be scaled together or separately as part of injection groups
• The same loads and generators should not be placed in multiple injection groups that are used in the time step scaling
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Specifying Injection Groups Input
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Specifying Injection Groups Input
• Specifies the net MW injection for loads and generators in the injection group
• Generator MW limits are enforced • Generators scaled regardless of AGC
status • No Mvar adjustments • Positive load is not enforced
Check this to prevent generator changes from being modified due to AGC
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CSV File Output
• Avoid filling up computer memory by writing results to file
• Separate file created for each type of object
– Areas, Buses, Generators, InjectionGroups, Interfaces, Lines, Owners, SuperAreas, Zones, Transformers, Loads, and Shunts
• Optionally save to memory only, CSV file only, or both
– When not saving to memory, Results tables will contain zeros
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CSV File Output
Select where the results should be stored
Key field to use for identifying objects within the file
File prefix - file will be named CSV File Identifier_objectname.CSV
Location where files should be written
CSV file options contained on the Options page of the Time Step Simulation dialog
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CSV File Output
Date,Time,[3] PU Volt
10/4/2010,12:00:00 AM,0.99421638250351
10/4/2010,12:00:01 AM,0.99421638250351
10/4/2010,12:00:02 AM,0.99421638250351
10/4/2010,12:00:03 AM,0.971107363700867
10/4/2010,12:00:04 AM,0.971107363700867
10/4/2010,12:00:05 AM,0.976763546466827
10/4/2010,12:00:06 AM,0.976763546466827
10/4/2010,12:00:07 AM,0.982440531253815
10/4/2010,12:00:08 AM,0.982440531253815
10/4/2010,12:00:09 AM,0.982440531253815
10/4/2010,12:00:10 AM,0.988180339336395
10/4/2010,12:00:11 AM,0.988180339336395
10/4/2010,12:00:12 AM,0.988153159618378
10/4/2010,12:00:13 AM,0.993943929672241
10/4/2010,12:00:14 AM,0.993943929672241
...
Time point identification Object identifier based on key field selection
Field identifier
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Time Step Simulation
• In this section we’ll learn how to:
– Set up and maintain a list of time points
– Specify time point input data
– Specify scheduled input data
– Customize the results we want to store from the solution
– Run continuous and timed simulations
• Open the B7flat.PWB case. To access the Time Step Simulation dialog, in Run Mode, go to the Tools ribbon tab and select Time Step
Simulation.
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Inserting New Time Points
• The first step in setting up a Time Step Simulation is to define a list of time points.
– This is a list of points in time for which Simulator will obtain solutions.
• In the Time Step Simulation dialog, right-click on the grid and select Insert New Timepoint(s), or press the Insert Time Points button.
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Inserting New Time Points
Click to select the date from a calendar component
Number of time points that will be inserted
Specify the interval between time points. Maximum resolution is 1 second.
As an example, assume we want to simulate 24 hours, starting on May 18, 2006 at 1:00 AM
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Inserting New Time Points
• After Inserting the Time Points, the Time Step Simulation dialog looks like this:
By default dialog shows
the Summary
page
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Time Step Simulation Dialog
Simulation control buttons
Summary page
contains list of
time points just inserted
Solution Type
Can specify the simulation starting and ending date and time
Simulation progress
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Summary Page: Controlling Solution
• The Time Point Solution Type can be: – Single Solution: Same as hitting the single solution button, but
would act on the corresponding time point.
– Unconstrained OPF
– Optimal Power Flow (OPF)
– Security Constrained Optimal Power Flow (SCOPF)
• Different time points can have different solution types
During the simulation you can skip a Time Point or you can pause at a Time Point
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.TSB file Control
Time Step Simulation Dialog
The input data and the results of the Time Step Simulation can be saved in a Time Series Binary (*.TSB) file. (Time Step Actions saved in .PWB)
Deletes results, input and scheduled input data,
and the list of time points
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Summary Page: Script Commands
• You can specify pre- and post script commands for each time point.
• This allows you to perform almost every possible Simulator action before and after a time point is solved.
• Typical actions are running contingency analysis or saving particular set of results.
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Summary Page: Script Command Tips
• It is a good idea to first test the script commands in script mode, to avoid potential syntax errors.
• To edit the script command cell, double-click on the cell. – You can copy/paste from the cells as usual
– You can also copy/paste from excel or the clipboard.
• To delete a script command, double-click and hit the Delete or Backspace buttons.
• To clear all the scripts commands in a column, right-click on the grid and select Set/Toggle/Columns Set All Values To. Then just press OK without typing anything in the dialog.
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Setting up Input Data
• Input data for each time point is specified in the Input pages for: – Load MW/Mvar – Generation MW/Max MW – Line Status – Area MW Load – Zone MW Load – Injection Group MW
• All these Input pages are matrix grids. This means that each row corresponds to a time point, and each column corresponds to the specific object for which data will be specified.
• Very detailed time-varying inputs may be specified on the Custom Inputs pages
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Setting up Input Data
• Thus we need to explicitly tell Simulator which generators, loads, etc. will have input data.
– The objects that do not have input data (or scheduled input data) will keep the values from the case.
• The matrix grids will have one column for the input data of each object.
• In the B7flat.pwb case, suppose that we want to specify Load MW data for Loads 2 and 3.
– In the Input page MW Loads page, right-click and select Time Point records Insert/Scale Load Column(s)
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Setting up Input Data
By default, we just want to insert new columns
Use the selector component to select Loads 2 and 3 at the same time.
We just need active load
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Setting up Input Data
In order to specify time point values, we can: 1. Enter the values manually (as shown in the Figure) 2. Read load values from Excel using the corresponding button. 3. Paste values from Excel (Copy the headers to Excel first). 4. Derive the values from another column. 5. Scale the column values.
The columns will contain zeros by default. Those will need to be filled with correct data.
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Setting up Input Data
Example: • We have specified some values for Loads 2 and 3 (as
shown in the previous slide). • Suppose we also need to specify input data for Loads
4 and 5, and know that those vary as Load 3, but are 90% of it. – We can derive the values for Loads 4 and 5 from Load 3.
• Right-click on column for Load 3 and select Time Point records Insert/Scale Load Column(s). – Column 3 will now be the Current Column
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Setting up Input Data
Column 3 becomes the current column
Use the selector component to select Loads 4 and 5, whose values will be derived from Load 3.
Loads 4 and 5 will be 90% of Load 3
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Setting up Input Data
• The Input Load MW page now looks like this:
Columns derived as 90% of Load 3
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Setting up Input Data
• We can use the column plot to check our input data. • The plot column function of Case Information Displays
becomes a plot versus date time when used from Time Step Simulation matrix grids.
To plot a column, right-click on the column and select Set/Toggle/Columns Plot Column from the Local Menu. You can also drag the mouse across several columns to plot multiple columns. The Load MW for Loads 2-5 looks like this.
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Setting up Input Data
• Since we have spent some time defining our input data, it is probably good to save the input data in the .TSB file.
• Press the Save TSB File button, and save the data as B7TSS.TSB
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Setting up Input Data
• In the same manner as we did for load MW, hourly data for other quantities would be specified in the corresponding pages: – Mvar Loads – Gen Actual MW – Gen Max MW – Line Status – Area Loads – Zone Loads – Injection Groups
• Recall that you can use the selector to create multiple columns at a time, and you can copy/ paste the input data from Excel.
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Setting Up Results
• During the time step simulation, Simulator obtains a PF/OPF/SCOPF solution for each time point.
• The amount of information that is generated may be significant since each time point can potentially contain the information of a solved PF, OPF, or SCOPF case. – For large systems, storing all these information may be
limited by memory.
• Typically, you don’t need to examine all the system quantities. The Time Step Simulation requires you to explicitly define which quantities you want to explore.
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Setting Up Results
• Select the Results page: Modify the Results Definitions
Result pages By default no objects are shown
Results Display Options
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Setting Up Results
• Press the View/Modify Result Definitions button to tell Simulator the quantities you want to store.
• You will need to specify:
– The type of object for which results must be saved (buses, generators, etc.)
– The individual objects whose fields will be saved (Bus 1, Bus 2, etc.)
– The fields that will be saved for each type of objects (Bus pu volt, etc.)
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Setting Up Results
Click Add/Remove Fields… to modify list of fields to store
Set to YES the buses for which you want to store the fields (By default all are set to NO)
For our example, assume we want to explore per unit voltage and angle for all the buses.
Save and Close the Result Definitions
Select the Buses page
Result Definitions are also saved in the .TSB file.
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Running the Simulation
• Now that we have set input data and specified which results we need to store, we can run the simulation.
• Simulator will obtain a solution for each time point depending on the solution type.
• In order to start the simulation, press the Do Run button.
• During the simulation, you will see how the Last Result box and the Progress Bar are updated.
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Running the Simulation
• Simulator will do the following at each time point: – Look at the time point skip/pause flag and act
accordingly
– Run a pre-script command if it was specified
– Apply time point and scheduled input data. • We’ll learn how to set scheduled input data later on.
– Obtain the PF/OPF/SCOPF solution
– Set the Processed flag in the Summary page
– Update the Last Result and Progress Bar indicating the status of the solution.
– Write the results to the Result pages
– Run a post-script command if it was specified
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Exploring Results
BUS 1 BUS 2
• For our example, the Buses page of the Results shows bus voltages and angles.
• The results can be grouped by objects or by fields.
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Exploring Results
• We can also explore the results by obtaining a column plot. This is how the bus angles look in our example.
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Specifying Scheduled Input Data
• Besides time point input data, the Time Step Simulation allows you to specify scheduled data.
• Scheduled data is used for data that more naturally spans multiple time points rather than being defined at each time point
– Line statuses
– Generator, load, capacitor and reactor statuses
– MW levels of scheduled transactions
– Number of capacitor/reactor blocks
– Generator voltage set points
– etc.
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Specifying Scheduled Input Data
• Schedule input data requires a schedule and a schedule subscription.
• The schedule defines how a quantity varies in time (just a shape). It is a list of time points together with Numeric or Yes/No values.
• By subscribing an object field (Line status, Gen MW, Transaction MW level, etc.) to a schedule, we can make this object field vary according to the shape of the schedule.
• Schedules are implemented as sets of actions that are applied to the power flow case at the next available time point.
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Specifying Scheduled Input Data
Schedule
t
Value
Object Field
Subscription
t
Gen MW
Time Point List
t
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Defining a Schedule
• Schedules:
– Are Numeric, Yes/No, or Text
– Can be made periodic by specifying them to repeat the shape with a certain period.
– Can have start and end validity dates (used normally for periodic schedules).
• To define a schedule go to the Input page Schedules page, right-click on the grid, and select Insert New Schedule.
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Defining a Schedule
Date time and numeric values define the shape of the schedule
Settings for periodic Schedules
Date times don’t need to coincide with the date times of the list of time points (Summary page)
Shortcut buttons allow easy definition of the schedule date times
Schedule name must be unique Identifies main characteristics of schedule
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Defining a Schedule Subscription
• Most enterable fields from the following object types can subscribe to schedules: Generators, Loads, Line/transformers, Shunts, Areas, Transactions, and Zones
• Numeric fields subscribe to Numeric Schedules, Boolean fields subscribe to Yes/No schedules, and Custom Strings and Memo fields subscribe to Text schedules.
• To define a schedule subscription, go to the Input page Sched Subscriptions page, right-click on the grid, and select Insert New Subscription.
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Defining a Schedule Subscription
1. Select the object type: Gen, Load, Line/Xfrmr, Shunt, Area, Transaction or Zone.
2. Select the particular object from the power flow case.
3. Select the field that will subscribe to the schedule
4. Select the schedule the field will subscribe to.
Press to select multiple objects that subscribe to the same schedule
When you select a field, this label changes telling whether the field is Numeric or Yes/No For instance, this means
that the Gen MW output of Generator 1 at bus 1 will follow the shape of Schedule 1.
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Defining a Schedule Subscription
Subscriptions to numeric schedules can modify the schedule values: Actual Value = Multiplier *Sched Value + Value Shift
Schedule actions are applied with the specified delay
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Example: Scheduled Input Data
• In the B7Flat.pwb case, the following input data is known for Gen 1 and line 2 to 3. The generator values occur every day.
• We want to create the schedules and schedules subscriptions needed to model these varying quantities.
Hour Gen 1MW Hour Line 2-3 Status
1:00 AM 60 MW 4:00 AM Open
7:00 AM 80 MW 2:00 PM Closed
1:00 PM 120 MW
7:00 PM 100 MW
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Example: Schedules
• For the generator, we create a periodic schedule with period = 1 day.
• The schedule is numeric.
• The schedule has 4 time points.
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Example: Schedule Subscriptions
• Then we subscribe the Gen MW output filed of generator 1, ID 1 to Sched1.
• There is no delay
• The field takes the exact values of the numeric schedule.
Note: Gen1 needs to be Off-AGC in order to keep the scheduled MW output. Manually set or use option
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Example: Schedules
• For the transmission line, we create a non-periodic schedule
• The schedule type is Yes/No.
• The schedule has 2 time points. Line will open at 4 AM and will close at 2 PM.
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Example: Schedule Subscriptions
• Then we subscribe the Status of Transmission Line 2 to 3, circuit 1 to Sched2.
• There is no delay
• Let us go ahead and rerun the Time Step Simulation.
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Example: Schedule Subscriptions
• By exploring the results, we can see how bus angles changed due to load variations, the generator schedule and the outage of the transmission line.
Bus Timepoint Custom Results Variables
1 Angle (Deg) 2 Angle (Deg) 3 Angle (Deg) 4 Angle (Deg) 5 Angle (Deg)
6 Angle (Deg)
DateTime
12:00 AM6:00 PM12:00 PM6:00 AM
Valu
es
5
4
3
2
1
0
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Schedule Subscriptions
• The advantage of schedules and schedule subscriptions is that power systems tend to have many quantities that follow a similar time pattern: – Bus loads of the same type
– Different units of a power plant that are identically scheduled
– A group of devices that are disconnected/reconnected at the same time. For instance, groups of capacitor or reactors.
• Using schedules, one avoids having to specify time point data for each field, which would be tedious and would require large quantities of memory.
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Time Step Actions
• Special conditional actions may be modeled with time delays
• These are typically useful only for very detailed simulations with time steps on the order of several seconds or less, where the objective is to analyze switching behavior and resulting time-domain voltage profiles (e.g. wind farm operation)
• Time Step Actions are only considered for complete Time Step Runs (those started using Do Run button)
• Actions can be applied again, following the appropriate time delay, if model criteria is met
• Switched shunts and transformers may also incorporate switching delays (specified with individual shunt and transformer records)
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Time Step Actions
• Example: Open a transmission line if it has been overloaded for at least 5 minutes
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Time Step Actions
• Time Step Options for AVR transformer
• Typical application would be detailed time-domain voltage modeling of wind farm
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Custom Inputs
• Custom inputs allow specification of more detailed parameters in the time domain for several object types
• Example: generator voltage setpoint
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What is Saved in the .TSB File?
• Because the amount of time information generated in the Time Step Simulation may be significant, a binary file is used to store it. This is called the Time Series Binary (.TSB) file.
• This file will save: – Input Data
– Scheduled Input Data
– Custom Inputs
– Result Definitions
– Results
– Time Simulation Options (defined in the Options page)
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Continuous and Timed Simulations
• By default, when you hit the Do Run button, each time step is solved immediately after the previous one. This is called a Continuous Simulation.
• On the other hand, the Time Step Simulation can mimic a solution in actual time by specifying a time scale. This is called a Timed Simulation.
• The Timed Simulation allows you to visualize the solutions on oneline diagrams as a movie. – You can see how time point and scheduled input data
are applied and their effect on the system.
– You can also contour and animate.
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Continuous and Timed Simulations
• To set up a Timed Simulation go to the Options page and select Timed, in the Time Step Simulation Options under Step Control.
• Set the Time Scale. A time scale of 60 means that the ACTUAL time delay between the solutions of two time points with date times 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM will be 60 seconds. Thus, if the 1:00 AM point is solved now, the 2:00 AM point will be solved 60 seconds later.
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Continuous and Timed Simulations
Example • Let us set the simulation to be Step Control = Timed,
and set a Time Scale of 5 (1 hour runs in 5 seconds of actual time).
• Move the Time Step Simulation dialog so you can see the oneline, but still have access to the control buttons.
• Run the simulation by clicking Do Run
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Continuous and Timed Simulations
Top Area Cost
Left Area CostRight Area Cost
60 MW
100 MW
-40 MW 200 MW
38 MW
0 Mvar 34 MW
0 Mvar
34 MW
0 Mvar
40 MW
0 Mvar
1.00 pu
1.03 pu
1.04 pu1.04 pu
1.04 pu
1.00 pu
1.05 pu
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
35 MW
35 MW
25 MW 25 MW
13 MW 13 MW
0 MW
0 MW
29 MW 29 MW
19 MW
20 MW
1 MW
6 MW
6 MW 3 MW 3 MW
46 MW
46 MW
28 MW
0 MW
0 Mvar
200 MW
0 Mvar
A
MVA
3 MW 3 MW
AGC ON
AGC ON
OFF AGC
AGC ON
AGC ON
6265 $/hr
4701 $/hr 188 $/hr
Case Hourly Cost
11155 $/hr
OneThree
Four
Two
Five
Six Seven
0 MW
10.8 Mvar
Top Area Cost
Left Area CostRight Area Cost
120 MW
160 MW
-40 MW 201 MW
70 MW
0 Mvar 63 MW
0 Mvar
63 MW
0 Mvar
80 MW
0 Mvar
1.00 pu
1.03 pu
1.04 pu1.04 pu
1.04 pu
1.01 pu
1.05 pu
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVAA
MVA
A
MVA
A
MVA
79 MW
78 MW
41 MW 40 MW
2 MW 2 MW
28 MW
28 MW
47 MW 46 MW
27 MW
28 MW
2 MW
15 MW
15 MW 7 MW 7 MW
55 MW
55 MW
40 MW
0 MW
0 Mvar
200 MW
0 Mvar
A
MVA
7 MW 7 MW
AGC ON
AGC ON
OFF AGC
AGC ON
AGC ON
9841 $/hr
4716 $/hr 188 $/hr
Case Hourly Cost
14745 $/hr
OneThree
Four
Two
Five
Six Seven
2 MW
10.8 Mvar
100%A
MVA
103%A
MVA
System at 5 AM System at 2 PM
Note the status of transmission line 2-3, the values of generator 1 MW output and how loads change at each time point. See how the line flows and angle contouring change (Note: Contouring should be set to continuously refresh).
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Time Step Simulation Toolbar
• The time step simulation toolbar is visible when the dialog is open and time points have been defined.
• It allows you to control the simulation (continuous or timed), without using the time step simulation dialog.
Simulation Control Buttons
Last Result Status Progress Bar
Timed/Continuous Simulation
Time Scale used
in Timed Simulation
Present Time for Timed
Simulation
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Time Step Simulation Toolbar
Solve the next Time Point
Play the Time Step Simulation
in either continuous or timed mode.
Reset the Simulation
Pause a continuous or
timed simulation
Solve the previous Time
Point
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Summary Page Local Menu
• Deletes the time point together with all the input data of that time point
• Applies the input data of the selected time point to the power system case (makes data available on the case information displays, oneline diagram, etc.). It does not apply scheduled input data.
• Brings up a dialog to change the date/time of a time point. It sorts the list afterwards.
• Solves the selected time point, by first applying both time point and schedule input data.
• Paste (under Copy/Paste/Send) becomes enabled when the clipboard contains time step data in the correct format.
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Time Step Simulation Options
When there is time point input data for area MW load and for individual load MW, always set to individual MW load value first. Then, if set to Areas, only areas are scaled. If set to Zones, only zones are scaled.
OPF Pricing options
Saves binding constraint results in specific results matrix grid.
Important when changing Gen Actual MW and Injection Groups
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Time Step Simulation Options
Time Step Simulation allows you to either Apply and Solve or just Apply Data without solving. Sometimes you want to test only time point or schedule data
Loads the TSB automatically when the case is opened.
When saving the TSB, set automatically the Default tsb to be the current tsb.
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Time Step Simulation Options
The Time Step Simulation can contour oneline diagrams as the simulation takes place. It can also save a list of the resulting images as Bitmaps or JPGs.
Options Page
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Time Step Simulation Options
The Time Step Simulation can save data directly to a CSV file. This is meant to enable the time step to store data from very long runs without running out of memory.
Options Page
The file identifier is used to identify the run. Individual objects have files created for them. For example, Year2010_areas.csv.
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OPF and SCOPF Time Step Simulations
• Users of OPF and the SCOPF add-ons can obtain time point optimal power flow and security-constrained optimal solutions by specifying these solution types for one or more time points in the Summary page.
– Make sure you become familiar with Simulator OPF and SCOPF before running a Time Step Simulation with these options.
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OPF and SCOPF Time Step Simulations
Unconstrained OPF • The Time Step Simulation will remove all the constraints
that would normally act in the OPF and will optimize the system to find the minimum operating cost.
• Simulator will change the set points of the specified controls (generators and phase shifters) to minimize the cost of all Areas and Super Areas set to OPF AGC control.
• Besides the power flow solution options, the Unconstrained OPF simulation will take all the options that have been defined for a regular OPF solution. Most of these options are defined in OPF Options and Results Dialog under the Add Ons ribbon tab.
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OPF and SCOPF Time Step Simulations
OPF
• The Time Step Simulation applies the time point and schedule input data and optimizes the control areas set to OPF to minimize cost while enforcing normal operation constraints. – This includes: transmission line thermal limits, interface limits,
generator control limits, and load control limits.
• The OPF algorithm detects the controls that need to be moved, the constraints that are binding at the solution point, and the unenforceable constraints, i.e., constraints that cannot be enforced with the available controls.
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OPF and SCOPF Time Step Simulations
OPF • Some of the quantities that are of interest in the solution
of the OPF algorithm, are displayed in the Result: Constraints Pages: – Unconstrained Generator MW Output
– Final generator MW Output
– Change in Generator MW
– Locational Marginal Prices: These are displayed in the Hourly Final Bus LMP Page. Average LMP prices and other LMP metrics are also available in the Results Page for Areas, Injection Groups, Super Areas, and Zones.
– Binding Constraints as well as Marginal Cost of Limit Enforcement for lines and interfaces.
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OPF and SCOPF Time Step Simulations
SCOPF • The SCOPF combines Simulator’s OPF with
Contingency Analysis to optimize a system for minimum cost while enforcing both normal operation and contingency constraints.
• The solution of an SCOPF Time Step Simulation depends on the options that have been set up for the following tools: – Power Flow – Optimal Power Flow – Contingency Analysis – Security Constrained Optimal Power Flow – Time Domain OPF Options
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OPF and SCOPF Time Step Simulations
SCOPF
• At each time point, the SCOPF Time Step Simulation does the following: – Applies the input data and scheduled actions
– Solves a power flow
– If specified, it solves an unconstrained OPF
– Initializes the base case for the SCOPF by solving a power flow or an OPF
– Solves the contingencies for the initialized system state
– Solves the SCOPF optimization problem
– Displays the results in the matrix grids
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OPF and SCOPF Time Step Simulations
SCOPF • The SCOPF often requires significant computer resources
mostly because of the need to solve a large number of contingencies and to calculate their sensitivities.
• The size of the problem also depends on the size of the system, number of constraints (monitored elements), and number of time points considered.
• A mechanism to speed up the computation of the PF/OPF/SCOPF Time Step Simulation is to use DC solutions in some of the internal routines: – AC or DC power flow – AC or DC contingency analysis. This one will produce the larger
time savings. – AC or DC SCOPF
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OPF Pricing Options
• Different applications of the OPF/SCOPF require special pricing options.
• A method for congestion pricing consist of solving first the unconstrained case to determine unconstrained LMPs, and then solve the OPF or SCOPF. The difference between these two solutions correspond to the congestion cost or congestion component of the LMP for a given hour.
Check this option to solve an unconstrained OPF (equivalent to economic dispatch) before solving the OPF or SCOPF for each time point.
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OPF Pricing Options
• It is also customary in LMP markets to price hydro generation at a cost equal to the unconstrained LMP.
• Simulator will internally modify the cost curve of the hydro generation to match the unconstrained LMP obtained during the initial unconstrained simulation. It will then solve the constrained optimization problem using this cost for the hydro units.
• Check this option to reset the cost curve of hydro generation to the original cost after each time step.
• Uncheck this option to explore how Simulator changes the hydro cost to the unconstrained marginal price.
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OPF Pricing Options
• OPF and SCOPF solutions with pricing options do the following for each time step:
– Apply time point and schedule input data
– if unconstrained then begin
• Solve Unconstrained OPF
• if price hydro then Hydro Cost = LMP
– end
– Solve OPF or SCOPF
– if unconstrained and price hydro and reset then Reset Price
– if Save then Save Binding Constraints
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Time Step Simulation and Contingency Analysis
• Contingency analysis will take place as part of the SCOPF. – Binding constraints will be saved in the Results: Constraints page.
• Sometimes summary information of contingency analysis is required without the SCOPF – For instance, the custom results for transmission lines allows saving the
Aggregate MVA Overload and Max% Loading Contingency for each transmission element.
• In order to run contingency analysis for a time point, set the corresponding field to YES in the Summary page.