Simplified models of a single-phase power electronic inverter for railway power system stability analysis—Development and evaluation

Abstract Use of power electronic equipment has increased and introduced new dynamical phenomena in power systems. For example, new electric rail vehicles (locomotives) equipped with modern power electronic traction chains have caused situations of low-frequency power oscillations and instability in single-phase railway power supply systems. This paper presents the development and implementation of an instantaneous value model and simplified fundamental frequency (RMS) models of such an advanced electric rail vehicle in order to investigate their representation of low-frequency dynamics. The dynamical behaviour is studied by use of both time-domain simulations and linear analysis (eigenvalues) and the degree of simplifications regarding controller dynamics and power system dynamics are presented and discussed. An enhanced RMS model is tested in order to account for the impact of fast current dynamics on the low-frequency behaviour. The results show that this enhanced model is corresponding more closely to the instantaneous value model than what can be obtained by the traditional RMS simplifications and indicate that current dynamics should be included in stability studies involving power electronic inverters.

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