Incorporating PSCAD/EMTDC into a Real Time Playback Test Set Metre. Sone B. ino Fis 1. Arend, Rha, Past Wien, Dept offlcrial and Compuer Manitoba HVDC Research Cet, Manat Hye, Engineering, Univer of Manis,” Wines, Cn BST 268 ‘wimspeg. Canada RSC 224 ‘Wannge, Canada RST SV Abarat Ths paper describes sme playback Slater test set whieh icorporats a poverfl emp stirs prowran. Detail are given of he mas fentares fh tet Keywords el ine plytuck,simlaton, relay sing 1. Introduction sromagnetie Transient must Programe have teen wd for sany yous eonets od ate bat ‘waveforms wo be subsoqey layed out i eal me a+ Piece of conto pants. 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Cuneat and voltage wavefoms for #3 sat sso sauson conde i neceary (a8 in Figure 1). Generly the ‘2p fine un wl mt be pefomed on th est se but Wl be ran on 2 worsen poss at diferent Toco tan tat where heise ate sing conde Thi an erate probleme ifthe fet device reponse he svlble stored emp rus on the tnt st nents ‘tthe response wa cse which ub at bee un on fine emp is nol. A RealTime Payback fos et which i eapble of running an enip simulation snd ‘lows the tet engineer to configs «el tie playback ‘sing a elegar graphic wer nerf, sete aigre 3. PSCAD sven during the setup of sration case to perform he ex runs at te est oti ad ee problem of file ante snc the emip an the Pleyback software rus ot he sae PC. The bw un the pea sr nrc the exp pons ion the manna power fhe PC. A Peetu or quale) bosed PCs reed ‘Ata of engines atthe Unive of Manitoba, he ‘Mania HVDC Reseach Cente and Manitoba Tyo fave designed ad teed a Penn based Playback Digi Smuler which can tin EMTDCPSCAD in ‘dion tothe ul esas of 2 sey te et and 2 ‘ybck simulator This poper wil dscBe the major ‘ig ess Design Features of the Playback Simulator 24. Software “There we oroifeat set of gabe merce software. The fist st is PSCAD'" (2) and is the ‘urce 10 EMTDC™ Fords aplcaion addon PSCAD ons ave tee ded to eal wh ecorsing” he fle wo be sed inthe plyeac process. Figure 3 Sows a tpl PSCAD seren wis wo recor Lons ‘wich reset up > record he vllage and cure ‘wsefoms a he ovo oppose ads o's tansnisios Tine eis» doable cot ansmison line sy wih four seconde fle bing ep. Ths watlors wil be ‘sod to sta ebay fr fal on one of the tansasion Tes. Figure shows closeup of one of te reorder Far‘eos indccng hat he wavefoms ae blag ken she tps of oltage and caret ranacces congested fo ‘propre nodes the pear Sse senate op (Figure 3. Tae rxode Toon ha 30 eng box ‘sod wih wtih lows teenie fchooe he Teng of pret waveform, length of resring rsconing, timestep ee. pror to. commencing the Sulton rm. There also a COMTRADE reorder {eon (ao shown hoe) whch recor the tt 2 COMTRADE fomat shold he egincer wish 10 ‘anion he les anor pstfrm. Upto 10 recorders an best fr given rn inh eis of salable Songe space onthe rd dik Once the nun and ‘nerds have been configured the eas is compiled and fimo EMTDC. Both PSCAD a8 EMT ave bees ogunely dsebed ehewber [2] Conditioning amplifies which comes the ouput Shamels to the oppurtus wnler ust When PSCADEMDC i ntiled om the PC, the tet stop sown in Figue I now seduses to the PC pln oodtionlag amples for fll scomry tense Teel gal In me case whe igi spgrans ‘ing std it mny Be pose ypace he ampli tnd acces th AUD inet oa the appeased 3) ‘his wil obvicaly shage he sean factors on corp chance but asthe considerable vantage of ft roqiaag te sometines lige condoning plies The logs signals rl ps cn be ed ck nto the sineltor for recording sot parses. Figure 4 Det fhe eer eon “Te second st of pupil inetice software contol nd configures the pytack in. ‘This softer tinder MS. Windows and allows the vas recoded ‘Sgmls to be viewed long wit the sige eatpt ames Fgue $ shows «pial viewing seen for safe recorded fom an EMTOC nin om 8 et Cnpencton aplcaon, Te voltage wvefony te fateneé ty MOV ction efowe the Uypst lose: leaving only the “ingowa” waveforms. The chanel slloetia ua be sero eight fe svenTreac ‘tof waveforms an of care he npn en slo Soc reaty aries the varus waveforms ‘Other eng soresne alow te sing factor appli the out channels ote account ofthe ane of he Figure 5 Typical viewing sren fr volage an curent, ‘vefoms pir plata inion 2.2. Hardware ‘The PC aso te egal of supporting PSCADTENTDC td he Rel Tine Playbsck(RTP) A Pets processor equate recommended. ‘The RTP part ofthe eon capable of laying ack 12 anos of aalgar ouput data wih 16 Be reselation fd 16 chanel ef lope oupot dn, I also has 16 ‘araet of ope pus wich allow he cording of he Tope signals fom the ppuatis under test These Siemon af led om = PC plugin board wih an FPGA configured wo conrl the dita Dow and uae. (On is bow, D/A camels produce anafogue volage Spl within the range = IOV, wie logic LO haan, pert a SV. The amlogue sigma canbe used dec ‘rl vel testing (toa he condoning ample) ‘whch makes the RTP a very convict tool fr the devlopmest of sch ayparins a dig protectiveFigure 6. The cast plugin bard ote RTP rays for tsi HVDC courls and procton To rstoe the playback signs 10 thie igi ‘lays como syste, voltage ampli thd caret pliers are used to apy the vllage and cent Salk respectively. A loge ltrs it wed to caver the SV lg Sigal eval oad from he 128V ower sem sabaatin lope sil level in the Inerfice it logi put ae optoraalne, whi loge bats are dry contacts Te ining lof te dy eats are clteated and compen in he plyback The RIP. also provides the fincon of GPS IP's at power sytem seston handed of mes span for Goublesboou the ill power sem Pselve rel, conl and commie ks Toe orignal prowiype RUF used an of sheaf 12 hanat 1A board ening wader Widows th wat tbl fo ake in logie sigan syncroien ih the ‘Sule bog payed ot tthe device unde tt Ths ed Wo the nod to develop an ose board which would rote tis ety aan fee the sognet fh many of te consis inposed by « CPU moning ‘Wado cemoling the paysck ouput, Theme ut is shown in Figure 6. The FPGA (Fld Propammble Gat Aras) ep (tering swede dos) othe of the DCIDC converter sed te 12 smog chance Convertor Each DIA is opesly told an the opto iol can be seen jus below ke vertical VA cp. Acuter rexon for moving to to FPGA. (eld Programmable Gate Ary) Was te Red to conver 8 ‘Somsiset wit asain ae of yp to SORE on each of 28. Additional RTP features ‘The fenctns of the “Rely Test Se” eh he “Playback Simulate merged into a sosimon devise and issued in previous cos. be "works on ‘Be olin emp case is ali orp int the ae Piece of partis. The software snd barre fetes Simulions to be easly congue. mm sored and then plnjed back atthe device une est. For ise st» say fesse te RTP mus sls neon amr of oer ‘aes which rely engineers ave come fo expect AS Amlexmpe of sme of hse ter ears, the RTP hs to be conguble at + phase ig gener wats esse ampides ad pase dleences on vlogs Su coments. 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Conclusions ‘Wes 2 Petum or uitlen! CPU based FC runs the ‘gapics and campuaion require for elecromagaec fret simlaton the sdston of «pluie cao uit DIA brad allow dhe PC to combine the tons fast sean playback simular in x compat Rel igere7 Secon configure balanced 3 phase sigs Most plytack, and sume reat tne silos, already incorporate “bth” eng fetes, This embles the Soulaor to run dyough 2 luge aumber of pre rogaine tens wiht the text enginerregurig renst A pil tnch tet might aco tinge ‘lay for dierent ype of ful dec point on wave ‘St ful acdence, area fal estan aod ieret ful ocatons fra given est system sch a tat shown recorder must utomally cole the das fom each test rlstrnigection by the ts engi. This pe of esting tay ‘evel at unexpected operon or sopertin wich sult have en very fel fo Pred in a ons off basin Anica ineligence (Senger ay be wed fo san tee rl fies References LM. Adenia Saldana, “Digi! 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