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BS EN IEC 61400-21-2:2023 Wind energy generation systems - Measurement and assessment of electrical characteristics. Wind power plants, 2023
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- Annex ZA (normative)Normative references to international publicationswith their corresponding European publications [Go to Page]
- English [Go to Page]
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- Figures [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 – Example of step response
- 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Symbols
- 4.2 Abbreviated terms
- 5 Power plant specifications
- 6 Overall test and documentation requirements [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General
- Figure 2 – Example of a PP setup
- Tables [Go to Page]
- Table 1 – Overview of measurements and their requirements
- 6.2 Test conditions, monitoring and reporting requirements
- 6.3 Test conditions in the case of external influences
- 6.4 Test and measurement equipment [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 General
- 6.4.2 Voltage, current and power calculations
- 6.4.3 Measurement equipment
- 6.4.4 Existing measurement equipment for power control tests
- 6.4.5 Optional measurements
- 6.5 Functional and performance test
- 6.6 Power plant controller [Go to Page]
- 6.6.1 General
- 6.6.2 Definition and requirements
- Figure 3 – General structure of a PPC for reactive power control within a power plant [Go to Page]
- 6.6.3 Measurement points
- Figure 4 – General structure of a PPC for active power control within a power plant
- Figure 5 – Illustration of the PPC as a black box with in- and outputs [Go to Page]
- 6.6.4 Measurement data
- 6.6.5 Test setup
- Figure 6 – Illustration of the PPC with the internal system data [Go to Page]
- 6.6.6 Documentation
- Figure 7 – Illustration of a complete test setup
- Table 2 – Description and general requirements of the HIL test functional
- 7 Measurement and test of electrical characteristics [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Power quality aspects [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 General
- 7.2.2 Flicker during continuous operation
- 7.2.3 Rapid voltage changes due to switching operations
- 7.2.4 Harmonics
- 7.3 Steady state operation [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 General
- 7.3.2 Unbalance
- 7.4 Dynamic performance [Go to Page]
- 7.4.1 Undervoltage and overvoltage ride-through (UVRT and OVRT) capability
- 7.4.2 Test setup and test conditions
- 7.4.3 Test and measurement procedure
- Table 3 – List of recorded signals
- Table 4 – List of electrical signals to be monitored for the evaluation of events [Go to Page]
- 7.4.4 Documentation
- 7.5 Disconnection from grid [Go to Page]
- 7.5.1 Grid protection
- Figure 8 – Example of time series for the active and reactive current measured (M) and simulated (S) active and reactive current [1] [Go to Page]
- 7.5.2 Requirements of test devices
- 7.5.3 Grid protection test – PP level
- Table 5 – Maximum measurement uncertainties for the grid simulator [Go to Page]
- 7.5.4 Grid protection test – PGU level
- 7.5.5 RoCoF
- 8 Control performance [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Performance test [Go to Page]
- 8.2.1 General
- 8.2.2 Active power control tests
- Table 6 – List of signals during test
- Figure 9 – Adjustment of active power reference value
- Figure 10 – Example of active power response step [Go to Page]
- 8.2.3 Controlled shutdown
- Table 7 – Accuracy of the active power control values
- Table 8 – Results from the active power dynamic response test
- Table 9 – Example of list of signals during test [Go to Page]
- 8.2.4 Synthetic inertia response
- Figure 11 – Example of controlled shutdown
- Table 10 – Results of the emergency shutdown test
- Table 11 – List of signals during test
- Figure 12 – Synthetic inertia – example response and definitions [Go to Page]
- 8.2.5 Reactive power control
- Table 12 – Synthetic inertia settings
- Table 13 – Synthetic inertia test results
- Table 14 – List of signals during test
- Figure 13 – Test for static error
- Figure 14 – Example of test of dynamic response [Go to Page]
- 8.2.6 Reactive power capability
- Table 15 – Test for static error
- Table 16 – Test for dynamic response
- Table 17 – List of signals during test
- Figure 15 – Example of test of reactive power capability QP-chart
- Figure 16 – Example of reactive power capability UP-chartcorresponding to the QP-chart
- 8.3 Functionality tests [Go to Page]
- 8.3.1 General
- 8.3.2 Active power ramp rate limitation test
- Table 18 – Example of reactive power capability QP-chart
- Table 19 – List of signals during test
- Figure 17 – Example of available active power and activepower in ramp rate limitation mode [Go to Page]
- 8.3.3 Priority of setpoints
- Table 20 – Active power ramp rate calculation
- Figure 18 – Example of active power setpoint prioritization test
- Table 21 – List of signals during test [Go to Page]
- 8.3.4 Frequency control
- Table 22 – Test results priority of setpoints
- Table 23 – List of signals during test
- Figure 19 – PPC measured frequency feedback is replaced by a simulated frequency
- Figure 20 – Example of an active power control function P = f(f), with the different measurement points and related steps of frequency [Go to Page]
- 8.3.5 Reactive power ramp rate limitation
- Table 24 – Example of test sequence for the frequency dependent active power function
- Table 25 – List of signals during test
- Table 26 – Test procedure reactive power ramp rate limitation test
- Figure 21 – Example of reactive power ramp rate limitation test
- Table 27 – Reactive power ramp rate calculation [Go to Page]
- 8.3.6 Voltage control Q(U)-characteristic
- Figure 22 – Example of the Q(U) characteristic with a 4 % slope
- Table 28 – List of signals during test [Go to Page]
- 8.3.7 Power factor control
- Table 29 – Voltage control Q(U) – slope test
- Table 30 – List of signals during test
- Table 31 – Example of power factor control test [Go to Page]
- 8.3.8 Communication error/fallback scenarios
- Figure 23 – Example of possible PP communication faults
- Table 32 – List of signals during test
- Figure 24 – Example of graph for communication error test
- Table 33 – Example of communication error test – Failure on external interface
- Table 34 – Example of failure of PPC or communication between PPC and PGUs
- 9 Assessment of power quality of power plants (PP) [Go to Page]
- 9.1 General
- 9.2 Voltage fluctuations [Go to Page]
- 9.2.1 Voltage change
- Table 35 – Example of failure of grid data measurement [Go to Page]
- 9.2.2 Flicker in continuous operation
- 9.2.3 Voltage change and flicker during switching operations
- 9.3 Current harmonics, interharmonics and higher frequency components
- Table 36 – Specification of exponents according to IEC TR 61000-3-6
- Annex A (informative)Report template [Go to Page]
- A.1 Overview
- A.2 Power plant specification and test conditions
- Table A.1 – General and nominal data
- A.3 Power plant controller
- Table A.2 – General power plant capabilities and control functions
- Table A.3 – General test and report information
- Table A.4 – General test conditions and grid data
- A.4 Power quality aspects
- Figure A.1 – Figure 25 – Voltage flicker Pst versus active power for normal operation
- Table A.5 – General test conditions and test setup
- Table A.6 – Flicker values
- Figure A.2 – Voltage flicker Pst for background level
- Figure A.3 – Time series of three-phase voltages as RMS of PP starting
- Figure A.4 – Time series of three-phase currents as RMS of PP starting
- Figure A.5 – Time series of active and reactive power of PP starting
- Table A.7 – Rapid voltage changes due to switching operations
- Figure A.6 – Time series of three-phase voltages as RMS of PP stopping
- Figure A.7 – Time series of three-phase currents as RMS of PP stopping
- Figure A.8 – Time series of active and reactive power of PP stopping
- Table A.8 – General test information
- Table A.9 – 99th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.10 – 99th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.11 – 99th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.12 – 95th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.13 – 95th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.14 – 95th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.15 – 99th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.16 – 99th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.17 – 99th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.18 – 95th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.19 – 95th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.20 – 95th percentile of 10 min harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.21 – 99th percentile of 3 s harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.22 – 99th percentile of 3 s harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.23 – 99th percentile of 3 s harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.24 – 99th percentile of 3 s harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.25 – 99th percentile of 3 s harmonic magnitudes per week
- Table A.26 – 99th percentile of 3 s harmonic magnitudes per week
- Figure A.9 – Maximum of the 99th percentiles of integerharmonic currents versus harmonic order
- Figure A.10 – Maximum of the 99th percentiles ofinterharmonic currents versus frequency
- Figure A.11 – Maximum of the 99th percentiles of higherfrequency current components versus frequency
- Figure A.12 – Maximum of the 95th percentiles of integerharmonic currents versus harmonic order
- Figure A.13 – Maximum of the 95th percentiles ofinterharmonic currents versus frequency
- Figure A.14 – Maximum of the 95th percentiles of higherfrequency current components versus frequency
- Figure A.15 – Maximum of the 99th percentiles of integerharmonic voltages versus harmonic order
- Figure A.16 – Maximum of the 99th percentiles ofinterharmonic voltages versus frequency
- Figure A.17 – Maximum of the 99th percentiles of higherfrequency voltage components versus frequency
- Figure A.18 – Maximum of the 95th percentiles of integerharmonic voltages versus harmonic order
- Figure A.19 – Maximum of the 95th percentiles ofinterharmonic voltages versus frequency
- Figure A.20 – Maximum of the 95th percentiles of higherfrequency voltage components versus frequency
- A.5 Steady state operation
- Figure A.21 – Current unbalance factor as a function of active power
- Figure A.22 – Voltage unbalance factor as a function of active power
- Table A.27 – Unbalance
- A.6 Dynamic performance
- Figure A.23 – Time series: Instantaneous three-phase currents and voltages at the POC
- Figure A.24 – Time series: Positive and negative sequence of the active and reactive current
- Figure A.25 – Time series: Positive and negative sequence of the active and reactive power
- Table A.28 – General fault information of undervoltage andovervoltage ride-through (UVRT and OVRT) events/recorda
- A.7 Disconnection from grid (grid protection)
- A.8 Performance test [Go to Page]
- A.8.1 General
- A.8.2 Static error test
- Figure A.26 – Time series: Positive and negative sequence grid voltage at the POC
- Figure A.27 – Time series of available active power, measured active power output and reference values
- Table A.29 – Accuracy of the active power control values [Go to Page]
- A.8.3 Dynamic response test
- A.8.4 Controlled shutdown
- Figure A.28 – Time series of available active power, measured active power output and reference values
- Figure A.29 – Time series of available active power, measured active power output and reference values
- Table A.30 – Accuracy of the active power control values
- Table A.31 – Results of the emergency shutdown test [Go to Page]
- A.8.5 Synthetic inertia response
- Figure A.30 – Time-series of available active power, measured active power and reference value of the grid frequency for (test 1 and test 2) 0,25 × Pn < P < 0,5 × Pn
- Figure A.31 – Time-series of available active power, measured active power and reference value of the grid frequency for (test 3 and test 4) P > 0,8 × Pn
- Figure A.32 – Time-series of available active power, measured active power and reference value of the grid frequency for (test 5 and test 6) v > vn
- Table A.32 – Synthetic inertia test results [Go to Page]
- A.8.6 Reactive power control
- Figure A.33 – Time-series of reactive power reference values and measured reactive power and grid voltage during the test of reactive power control
- Figure A.34 – Time-series of reactive power reference values and measured reactive power, grid voltage during the test of reactive power control
- Table A.33 – Test for static error [Go to Page]
- A.8.7 Reactive power capability
- Figure A.35 – Zoom of step response (for all three-step responses) in the time-series of reactive power reference values and measured reactive power, grid voltage during the test of reactive power control
- Figure A.36 – Test of reactive power capability QP-chart
- Table A.34 – Test for dynamic response
- A.9 Functionality tests [Go to Page]
- A.9.1 Active power ramp rate limitation test
- Figure A.37 – Reactive power capability UP-chart corresponding to the QP-chart
- Figure A.38 – Time-series of available active power and active power in ramp rate limitation mode – Slow ramp rate
- Table A.35 – PQ-diagram [Go to Page]
- A.9.2 Priority of setpoints
- Figure A.39 – Time-series of available active power and active power in ramp rate limitation mode – Fast ramp rate
- Figure A.40 – Time-series of active power setpoints, available power and active power
- Table A.36 – Active power ramp rate calculation – Slow ramp rate
- Table A.37 – Active power ramp rate calculation – Fast ramp rate [Go to Page]
- A.9.3 Frequency control
- Figure A.41 – Time-series of active power setpoints, available power and active power
- Figure A.42 – Time-series of simulated frequency
- Table A.38 – Test results priority of setpoints [Go to Page]
- A.9.4 Reactive power ramp rate limitation
- Figure A.43 – Time series of reactive power setpoint, reactive power
- Table A.39 – Frequency dependent active power function results [Go to Page]
- A.9.5 Voltage control Q(U)-characteristic
- Figure A.44 – Time series of voltage – Reactive power, expectedreactive power for a given slope
- Table A.40 – Reactive power ramp rate calculation [Go to Page]
- A.9.6 Power factor control
- Figure A.45 – Time series of active power, reactive power,power factor and power factor reference
- Table A.41 – Voltage control Q(U) – slope test
- Table A.42 – Power factor control test [Go to Page]
- A.9.7 Communication error / fallback scenarios
- Figure A.46 – Time-series of active power setpoint, active power and available power and failure time point (case 1 to case 3)
- Table A.43 – Communication error test – Failure on external interface (example)
- Table A.44 – Failure of PPC or communication between PPC and PGUs (example)
- Table A.45 – Failure of grid data measurement (example)
- Figure A.47 – Graph for communication error test (example)
- Table A.46 – Communication error test – Failure on external interface (example)
- Table A.47 – Failure of PPC or communication between PPC and PGUs (example)
- Table A.48 – Failure of grid data measurement (example)
- Annex B (informative)Harmonic evaluation [Go to Page]
- B.1 Harmonic estimation at the point of interest
- B.2 Background harmonic distortion
- B.3 Harmonic summation
- B.4 Harmonic propagation studies
- B.5 PP harmonic contribution evaluation [Go to Page]
- B.5.1 General
- B.5.2 Incremental PP harmonic contribution based on simulations
- B.5.3 PP electromagnetic compatibility analysis based on simulations
- Figure B.1 – Simplified representation for the PP connected to the externalgrid used for the estimation of incremental harmonic contribution at POC orany other point of interest [Go to Page]
- B.5.4 Harmonic measurements at the POC
- Figure B.2 – Simplified representation of the PP for harmonic propagation studies including the harmonic background and PGU’s non-ideal harmonic voltage source
- Annex C (informative)Validation procedure for PP [Go to Page]
- Table C.1 – Recommended assessment methods forthe validation of the electrical capabilities of the PP
- Annex D (informative)Measurement accuracy [Go to Page]
- Table D.1 – Voltage transducer (VT) in MV, HV and EHV
- Table D.2 – Current transducer (CT) in MV, HV und EHV
- Bibliography [Go to Page]