dnp3 der profile-epri presentation.pdf

Grant Gilchrist

Principal Consultant, Smart Grid Engineering Team

EnerNex

EPRI Smart Distribution and Power Quality

Conference and Exhibition

June 17-19, 2013

New Communications Standards for

Distributed Generation and Storage

2 © 2013 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.

EPRI Smart Distribution and Power Quality 2013 Conference and Exhibition

Problem Statement

• Distributed generation systems increasing in popularity

• Need a standard way to communicate with the utility

• Need to agree on a common operating model

–What should a system be able to do?

–What data should be made available?

–How should generation interact with storage?

–What equipment should be modeled?

–What protocol(s) should it use?

2



DNP3 Profile

for PV

Generation and

Storage

Developing the Standards

Smart Inverter Focus Group

3

PAP12

Feed-back

Smart Energy

Profile

61850-90-7

Object models

for power

convertors in

DER

1815.1

Standard for

Mapping IEC

61850 to IEEE

1815 (DNP3)

61850-80-2

(Future Dual

Logo of IEEE

1815.1)

61850-7-420

Distributed

Energy

Resources

Data Model



Model DER System

Battery

Storage

Photovoltaic

Generation

Inverter

Local Load

(the home)

Utility

DER

Connect/

Disconnect

Switch

Utility

Switch

Distributed Energy

Resource

Customer Site

DC Grid

(AC)

Measurement

Points

Output

(AC)



DER Generation & Storage Functions - Basic

• Connect or disconnect from grid

• Adjust maximum generation level

• Adjust power factor

• Charge or discharge storage

• Act on pricing signal

• Modify settings

• Log event history

• Report status

• Follow Volt/VAR curves

• Schedule changes in curve or settings

5



DER Generation & Storage Functions - Advanced

• Frequency-Watt curve

• Dynamic reactive current

• Low/High voltage ride-through

• Watt-Power factor curve

• Volt-Watt curve

• Temperature-VAR curve

• Real power smoothing

• Dynamic Volt-Watt mode

• Peak power limiting

• Load and generation following

6

Moving Average of Voltage

DbVMax

ArGraSagDelta Voltage (% of VRef)

Deadband

DbVMin

ArGraSwell

Ind

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ive

Cap

acit

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Ad

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al R

eact

ive

Cu

rren

t (%

of

AR

tg)



Interactions Between Functions

• The standards define how all these functions interact

• Some functions cannot run simultaneously

• Some can override the others

• Factors affecting which function is operating:

– Physical limits, e.g. no wind or sun

– Nameplate limits, e.g. maximum storage capacity

– Chosen operating limits

– Transient vs. Steady-state functions

– Commanded vs. Automatic vs. Scheduled

– Local/Remote mode

– Automatic/Manual mode



Low/High Voltage Ride-Through

• Configurable curves, multiple zones

• This kind of flexibility not currently permitted by IEEE 1547

• Must be configured to comply



DNP3 Photovoltaic Profile

• Official DNP3 Application Note

• Published on DNP Users Group web site

• Specifies required protocol Options

• Mapping to the DER smart inverter functions

• Mapping to IEC 61850-90-7 Object Model

• Minimum points list

• Std. data formats

9



Grid Configuration and Islanding

• The role of the DER may change

– Islanded or not islanded

– Site controller or not site controller

– Communicating or not communicating

– Other factors

• The standards define multiple settings groups

• The DER chooses which settings group to use on the fly



Results

11 Image: Blu-Sky Solar

Distribution SCADA

Non-Utility Networks

Consistent Behavior and Responses

Home Area Network and Advanced Metering



Questions?

Grant Gilchrist, EnerNex

[email protected]

403-938-0220

Brian Seal, EPRI

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