Renewable Energy Power System Modular Simulator (RPM-Sim)
Project Summary
| Full Title: |
Renewable Energy Power System Modular Simulator (RPM-Sim) |
| Project ID: |
104 |
| Principal Investigator: |
Edward Muljadi |
| Keywords: |
Renewable; hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) |
Purpose
This is a package software program developed based on a modular concept. Each module consists of a type of equipment or an element of a power system (for example, diesel-genset, wind turbine generator, village load, rotary converter, PV-inverter module, fuel cell-inverter module (developed by Prof. Hashem Nehrir, Montana State University), electrolysis module (developed by Prof. Hosein Salehfar and Prof. Mann University of North Dakota).
Performer
| Principal Investigator: |
Edward Muljadi |
| Organization: | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
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| Address: | 1617 Cole Blvd.
Golden, CO 80401 |
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| Telephone: | 303-384-6904 |
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| Email: | eduard_muljadi@nrel.gov |
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| Additional Performers: |
Jan Bialasiewicz, University of Colorado - Denver; Stephen Drouilhet, NREL; Gerald Nix, NREL
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Sponsor(s)
| Name: | Robert Thresher |
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| Organization: | National Wind Technology Center (NREL) |
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| Telephone: | 303-384-6922 |
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| Email: | robert_thresher@nrel.gov |
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Project Description
| Type of Project: |
Model |
| Category: |
Cross-Cutting, Energy Infrastructure, Environmental, Hydrogen Fuel Pathways, Vehicle Options |
| Objectives: |
A modular simulation system was developed to facilitate an application-specific and low-cost study of the system dynamics for renewable energy power systems. The simulation study can help in the development of control strategies to balance the system power flows and various scenarios of energy management under different conditions. Using the typical modules provided in the library, it is easy to set up a particular system configuration.
Examples of analysis:
- How does power system power quality (voltage and frequency) vary when a wind turbine is connected to the grid and is subjected to a variable wind speed? What type of solutions are available?
- Parallel operation with wind turbines in a small isolated (island) system is a challenging process. What can be used to control the balance of real and reactive power in this system?
- Energy storage – use energy demand side management with plug-in hybrid? Reactive power compensation?
- What are the advantages and drawbacks when an electrolyzer and/or fuel cell is connected in parallel with wind turbine and diesel generator?
- How does a wind turbine behave when the turbine is disconnected from the grid while the capacitor compensation is still connected to the wind turbine?
- How long will the self-excitation will last? What can be done to avoid self-excitation to ensure the safety of wind turbine engineers?
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Products/Deliverables
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Description: Conference Paper prepared for IEEE-IECON 2001 Conference
Publication Title: RPM-SIM-Based Analysis of Power Converter Applications in Renewable Energy Systems: Preprint.
Author Name(s): Bialasiewicz, J. T.; Muljadi, E.; Nix, R. G.
(PDF 409 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
Publication Date:
November 2001
Description: User's Guide
Publication Title: RPM-Sim User's Guide
Author Name(s): Bialasiewicz, Jan; Muljadi, Eduard; Nix, Gerald; Drouilhet, Stephen
(PDF 3.7 MB) Download Adobe Reader.
Publication Date:
March 2001
Description: Conference Paper prepared for 39th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Publication Title: RPM-SIM: A Comparison of Simulated Versus Recorded Data (Preprint)
Author Name(s): Bialasiewicz, J.T.; Muljadi, E.; Nix, G.; Drouilhet, S.
(PDF 609 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
Publication Date:
January 2001
Description: Software download
Publication Title: RPM-Sim
Author Name(s): Muljadi, Eduard; Bialasiewicz, Jan
http://wind.nrel.gov/designcodes/simulators/rpmsim/
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Date Last Updated: 12/09/2006
