Black Start with Inverter-Based Resources: Hardware Testing

Black start, or grid restoration after a wide-spread power outage, is a critical service on the power system that has historically been provided by transmission-connected synchronous generators. As the power system transitions to rely on more distributed and inverter-based resources it will be criti...

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Published in2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Burroughs, Hannah, Klauber, Cecilia, Sun, Chih-Che, Culler, Megan
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 16.07.2023
Subjects
Batteries
black start
distributed energy resources (DER)
energy storage
Generators
Hardware
inverter-based resources (IBR)
Microgrids
Performance evaluation
power system restoration
Synchronous generators
Synchronous motors
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Summary:Black start, or grid restoration after a wide-spread power outage, is a critical service on the power system that has historically been provided by transmission-connected synchronous generators. As the power system transitions to rely on more distributed and inverter-based resources it will be critical that these resources can also provide black start services. In this work we investigated battery energy storage and solar photovoltaics technical capabilities and limitations to provide black start services through hardware testing in an experimental microgrid testbed. This hardware demonstration of inverter-based resources providing black start functions can help inform grid operators on how to include these types of resources in their black start plans.
ISSN:1944-9933
DOI:10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252637