Exploring Technologies for Future Grid Stability
09:00 - 11:00 AM on 19 September 2024
Room Two, Grand Ballroom, Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre
Presented by
Septimus Boshoff
Senior Principal Consultant, DNV
Septimus Boshoff
Senior Principal Consultant, DNV
Septimus Boshoff (M’ 1984, S.M’ 2020) has 36 years of professional experience, working on projects in various countries. He has provided consulting services for analysis, design, specification and project engineering of power quality equipment, power electronic systems and reactive power compensation systems, including FACTS devices (SVC’s, STATCOM) in the high voltage power transmission industry. Septimus has experience in bilateral power supply agreements between utilities (international) as well as between utilities and end users with specific reference to all technical matters. He is skilled in engineering simulation and analysis of power system problems, including harmonic impact analysis and assessment high voltage power systems. Septimus is currently a member of IEEE WG on STATCOM specification, as well as IEEE WG on DRPC protection specification.
David Langner
Senior System Design Engineer, Siemens Energy
David Langner
Senior System Design Engineer, Siemens Energy
David Langner (M’ 2014, S.M’ 2019) has >15 years of professional experience, working on FACTS projects worldwide. David earned his Dipl.-Ing. (FH) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Science of Hannover, Germany in 2008. Since then, he has been working for Siemens Energy (former Siemens AG) and is the responsible system design engineer in many SVC, STATCOM, Hybrid STATCOM and Synchronous Condenser tenders/projects. David is currently the Chair of the SCI0-FACTS & HVDC Stations Subcommittee, the Vice-Chair of the two Working Groups (WG) I4-SVC since 2015 and I3-DRPC since 2020 and has been working in relevant IEEE WG (I2, I3, I4, I5, I9, I11) since 2012. He has authored multiple technical papers and organized a handful of panel sessions and tutorials.
Due to changing utility infrastructure with regards to increased penetration of inverter-based generation and retirement of conventional generation, dynamic shunt compensation solutions are becoming ever more vital for transmission system operation and reliability. The emergence of Voltage Source Converter (VSC), STATCOMs with energy storage, and Synchronous Condensers, have increased potential grid stabilization applications through grid-forming technologies. As utility requirements become more complex, the optimal solution may combine available and future technology.
This tutorial presents technology principles with example installations and an analysis of future trends expected to influence technology development and its place in the market. The technology includes legacy solutions and new developments in static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) technology such as grid-forming controls and energy storage.
This proposed Tutorial has the following learning objectives
- Understand the landscape of grid stabilization technologies
- Grasp the concepts of grid-forming and grid-following systems and devices
- Benefit from the operating experiences acquired from various international utility installations and demonstration projects
- Realize the grid-support capabilities of these devices
- Learn about the R&D activities for application and hybridization of these and other emerging technologies