Implementation of a Real Phasor Based

Vulnerability Assessment and Control

Scheme: The Ecuadorian WAMPAC
System

Quito, May 10, 2018

Ecuador - Overview

Area Population
• 283,561 km2 • Approximately
16,650,000

Currency Installed Capacity

• US Dollar • ~6800 MW
Ecuadorian WAMS
 TCP/IP Protocol
 Standard IEEE C37.118
VPN • 46 Installed
PMUs
• PDC connection
with XM

O
WAProtector
F System Observability and
Redundancy

Most important substations

WAProtector
Clients PSS Tuning and model

Location
WAProtector validation

Criteria
Administrator
CENACE Monitoring of most congested
corridors
 PMUs installed at Sistema Nacional Interconectado
Esmeraldas

1 PMU 2 PMUs
2 PMUs
5 PMUs
4 PMUs • 46 PMUs
1 PMU 2 PMUs
Baba
D. Peripa 1 PMU 1 PMU
Pucará

Baños
• Phasor Data Concentrator PDC
1 PMU 1 PMUAgoyán
based on Software located at
3 PMUs 1 PMU S. Francisco
CENACE

1 PMU 1 PMU

1 PMU 1 PMU Zhoray

Paute
3 PMUs
1 PMU
4 PMUs
230 kV transmission line
1 PMU 138 kV transmission line

1 PMU 138 (69) kV transmission line

Hydroelectric Gen.
Thermic Gen.
230 kV TIE
4
WAProtector’s TOOLS
Steady-State
Angle Stability

Steady-State
Voltage Stability

Oscillatory Stability

Harmonics
WAProtector’s TOOLS
Steady-State

DIgSILENT
Angle Stability 1.20

0.337 pu 0.459 pu 0.544 pu Banda Segura Y = 0.950 pu

Steady-State 0.528 pu 0.666 pu 0.776 pu Y = 0.900 pu

0.90

Voltage Stability
0.60

Oscillatory Stability
0.30

100.000

Harmonics 100.000
1.003 pu
0.584 pu
100.000
1.127 pu
0.608 pu
1.233 pu
0.627 pu

0.00

-0.30
0.00 0.30 0.60 0.90 1.20 1.50
x-Axis: Est_Voltaje_SRosa: Power in pu
Est_Voltaje_SRosa: Voltage stable side in pu
Est_Voltaje_SRosa: Voltage unstable side in pu
Est_Voltaje_SRosa: Voltage stable side in pu
Est_Voltaje_SRosa: Voltage unstable side in pu
Est_Voltaje_SRosa: Voltage stable side in pu
Est_Voltaje_SRosa: Voltage unstable side in pu

Script en DPL Est_Voltaje_SRosa Date: 7/11/2013

Annex: /5

(DIgSILENT
Programming
Language)
WAMS applications

REAL TIME POST-OPERATIVE

PLANNING
OPERATION ANALYSIS
• PMU location
• Parametrization of
• Static and dynamic
WAMS Applications • Post-Mortem Analysis
security state
• Dispatch based on • Static security statistics
Monitoring
security constraints • Dynamic security
• Early warning
• PSS tuning statistics
• Situational awareness
• Design of wide area • Vulnerability status
• Control
protection and control patterns identification
• Protection
schemes • Power Quality analysis
• Operators’ Training
• Model parameter
identification
Oscillatory Modes detected via Statistics from
WAProtector
Local Oscillation mode at CCS:
0,75 Hz with negative damping
PSS Tuning Methodology

Optimal PSS parameter Modal Analysis

tuning considering multi-
scenario analysis
Current oscillatory state of
the power system via
simulation software
Adequate Modelling of the Frequency
Electric Power System Response

Time Domain
Simulation
Modelling of the Electric Power System
Frequency Response
Oscillations detected in eMEGAsim with a
generation of 1000 MW in CCS
Testbed for PSS Tuning

min OF  th   sys

 sys  min  p 
p 1...nm

x j min  x j  x jmax
1 1
fc 
2 T1T2
T1
n
T2
Testbed for PSS Tuning
Oscillations detected in eMEGAsim with a
generation of 1500 MW in CCS
Ecuadorian SPS
Special Transient instability
Protection
Scheme Voltage collapse

Based on the CUE for Ecuador, the SPS

has provided an economic benefit of
about USD 7,6 million.
TESTBED for PMU testing
Performance of the hardware in
Phasor estimation the loop –
algorithms HIL
Simulation

3 PMUs under Dynamic

performance
evaluation evaluation

Real operating Grid Code

conditions establishment
 Oscilloscope
TESTBED Structure

RT Simulator Power Amplifier

Low voltage
signals

PMUs
Real

Amplified Signals
C37.118
MATLAB WAProtector Interface
C37.118

C37.118

C37.118

WAProtector
Steady-State Testing
Dynamic Testing
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