1. Semiautomated Model Validation of Power Plant Equipment Using Online Measurements.
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Pourbeik, Pouyan, Rhinier, Randy, Hsu, Shih-Min, Agrawal, Bajarang, and Bisbee, Ron
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POWER plants , *ELECTRIC generators , *DISCOVERY method (Teaching) , *ALGORITHMS - Abstract
Model validation of power plant equipment is expected to be mandated imminently by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. These standards will result in a great need for performing model validation for a large fleet of existing and future power plants. The historic approach to model validation of synchronous generators has typically been a battery of offline tests. In addition, the process of validation depends on a trial and error series of simulations, comparing the results of such simulations with measured test data, to gradually tend toward a validated model and its parameters. Such a method presents significant challenges for application on a large fleet of units. This paper documents a practical approach to model validation. The method is based on collecting online data from the generating unit, typically near or at base-load. Data are collected either from digital-fault recorders capturing system disturbances, or from digital excitation system for an imposed small voltage-reference step. The data are then used in a software tool to perform model validation using an automated optimization algorithm-–the entire process may be said to be semiautomated. The benefits are explained in the paper through actual examples of the application. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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