Off-line measuring sampling data identification parameters for digital twins mirroring load modelling and stability analysis

Abstract

Currently, the methods used to represent loads do not differ between the characteristics that compose them or the nature of these. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to develop digital twins mirroring load models that can be used for more precise studies on power-flows and stability within the National Transmission Grid (NTG). Off-line sampling data of different electric measurements have been used in six substations of the Guayaquil (Ecuador) area. These values were organized by statistical methods and by time periods, to determine the parameters that make up the static load model. Dynamic models are also constructed for the same six substations using the analysis of current and voltage signals obtained from the substations. All data is organized to show a digital twin mirroring visual representation of the disturbances that may occur in the substation buses. A more accurate description of the static and dynamic responses can be obtained by replacing the general model that is currently used by engineers and planners with off-line sampling data. Digital twins help the electric utility businesses gather, visualise, and contextualise data from different sources, and enable to act on data, and to understand what-if modelling stability scenarios.