• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.51 no.12
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• pp.611-623
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• 2002

This paper introduce the real time digital simulator which is located in Korea Electric Power Research Institute. This paper also describes the methodology for the performance test of the PSS using KEPS. This test is to get a high degree of the confidence of the developed PSS before it is installed into the real power system. This has been performed in the form of closed-loop tests in which Simulator and PSS are connected and signals come and back interactively. Many tests have successfully done using KEPS which consists of 26 RTDS racks, under the large-scale power system. The simulated reduced KEPCO power system contains 88 generators and 295 buses. Through the AVR step, three phase fault and active power variation test, the effectiveness of developed PSS has been proved. This paper also presents the overview of KEPS and hardware of protype PSS.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.68-69
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• 2006

A new type of simulation training system for power system operation is presented in this paper It is based on transmission mimic board, double screen PC, mimic control panel, and real-time digital simulator, KEPS. The operating simulation includes the simulations of the control panel interface and the simulator. The mimic board displays transmission network summary information using a software view of the hardware based mimic board. The symbols, numbers and colors layout exactly match those of the KEPS draft case to provide operators a familiar and effective starting point. This paper describes the development of an innovative training system, utilizing the benefits of 3 dimension visualization s/w and communication-control s/w to create the appropriate operational environment and allow simulation of various power system operations without the restrictions of other training methods. Experiences gained in developing concepts and meeting considerable s/w challenges are outlined, and the potential of the simulator for future operations training discussed.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.3A no.2
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• pp.93-99
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• 2003

This paper deals with the development and testing of a large-scale, realtime digital power system simulator for the Korean Electric Power Corporation. The KEPS Simulation Center is located at KEPCO's research center (KEPRI) in Taejon, South Korea and has been operated since September 2001. The KEPS Simulation Center includes a wide range of off line power system simulation and analysis tools, as well as an advanced realtime digital simulator for the study of large scale AC and DC system performance. Because the application scope of the KEPS realtime simulator is broad and because the network models being considered are significantly larger and more complex than in traditional realtime simulator applications, many developments and tests have been required during the course of the project. In this paper, the authors describe some of these developments and present results from various benchmark tests that have been performed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.309-312
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• 2001

The Cheju-Haenam HVDC System is currently being operated in KEPCO's system. But it is quite difficult to control properly due to the newly-introduced system in KEPCO. Therefore, the operators and/or engineers who have little field experiences want to know the system responses for their control actions. To satisfy the needs, the detailed control models which are represented near to real systems are being developed in KEPS project performed by KEPRI. This paper presents the plan for developing the detailed control models and the digital controller based on RTDS of the Cheju-Haenam HVDC system in KEPS project. The EMTDC models of the Cheju-Haenam HVDC system which are the pre-stage models for developing RTDS-based models and digital controllers are also introduced.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.101-105
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 한전 전력연구원에서 개발한 전력계통 해석용 시뮬레이터(이하 KEPS)를 이용하여 대규모 전력계통을 실시간으로 해석하는 방법 및 그 결과를 제시하고자 한다. KEPS는 캐나다 RTI사에서 개발한 RTDS(Real-Time Digital Simulator)를 근간으로 하는 대규모 디지털 실시간 시뮬레이터로써 총 26랙으로 구성되어 있으며 대규모 전력계통을 $50{\mu}sec{\sim}70{\mu}sec$의 타임스텝으로 계산할 수 있는 전력계통 전자기 과도현상 모의해석 장치이다. 본 논문에서는 KEPS를 이용하여 한전의 2000년 계통을 실시간으로 해석하고, 전력계통 안정화장치 (PSS), 계전기등 외부기기를 실시간으로 해석, 검증한 결과를 소개하기로 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11b
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• pp.175-177
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• 1999

This paper presents a prototype of visualization MMI of the Power System Phenomenon, specially synchronous machine dynamics and frequency deviations of power system for KEPCO's Enhanced Power System Simulator(KEPS)[1]. And some visualization designs of the Power System Phenomenons such as voltage stability, transient stability, SSR, Line overflow, and voltage deviations are presented. The prototype MMI has included the animations & 3D graphics presentations for synchronous machine rotor deviations and frequency deviations. So, a user can intuitively acquire the basic concepts of the power system oscillations. Finally, it will be scheduled to development of the various visualization MMI of the power system phenomenons for development and installation of KEPS.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.17-21
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• 2017

Recently, the Korea Enhanced Power system Simulator (KEPS) was upgraded with new processor cards and various peripheral devices. The purpose of the upgrade is for the large-scale AC/DC simulation studies for different purposes such as FACTS, PMU applications, and SPS. The need for such study is now growing in KEPCO network. Frequently, traditional ways of performing the necessary study had been found to be less adequate for guiding the key decisions in the company. Therefore, the growing needs, as well as the revealed inadequacy of the traditional system studies, had been attributing to the momentum for the upgrade project. This paper explains the details of the upgrade project. As an example of presenting the effectiveness of the upgraded RTDS system in KEPRI-KEPCO, a large-scale AC/DC real time simulation case which includes the entire Korean network and a planned MMC-HVDC system is introduced.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.11A no.4
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• pp.33-38
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• 2001

The KEPS(KEPCO＇s Enhanced Power system Simulator) Real Time Digital Simulator(RTDS) is the largest real time power system simulator ever built. A power system which includes 320 (3-phase) buses and 90 generators has been modeled and run in real time. Since such large-scale systems were involved, it was not practical to validate them using non-real time electro-magnetic transient programs such as EMTDC™ or EMTP. Instead, the results of the real time electromagnetic transient simulation were validated by comparing to transient stability simulations run using PTI's PSS/E™ program. The comparison of results from the two programs is very good in almost all cases. However, as expected, some differences did exist and were investigated. The differences in the results were primarily traced to the fact that the electromagnetic transient solution algorithm provides more detail solutions and therefore greater accuracy than the transient stability algorithm. After finding very good comparison of results between RTDS Simulator and PSS/E, and after investigating the discrepancies found, KEPCO gained the necessary confidence to use the large-scale real time simulator to analyze and develop their power system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11b
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• pp.264-266
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 한전의 전력 계통 시뮬레이터(KEPS)에서 수행되어질 2010년 한전 계획 계통의 축약 계통을 자동으로 구성하는 프로그램의 개발에 대한 연구를 기술하였다. 먼저 한전 계통의 계통 데이터의 효율적인 관리를 위하여 데이터베이스를 구축하였고, 이를 이용하여 원계통의 데이터를 입력받아서 축약 계통의 데이터를 생성해내는 동적 축약 프로그램을 개발하였다. 동적 축약 프로그램은 각 발전기들의 특성을 분석하여 그룹화하는 식별부분과 이러한 식별과정을 거쳐서 구성된 발전기 그룹을 합쳐서 등가발전기로 구성하는 통합부분으로 이루어져 있으며 식별과정의 결과를 파일로 출력해내고 이를 수정할 수 있도록 하였다. 생성된 축약 계통과 원계통에 대해 조류 계산 및 동적 모의를 시행하여 그 응답특성을 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.41-43
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• 2001

This paper presents a Web-based educational tool for Power System Engineering, especially for power engineers. This tool has Web-oriented educational courses for power system education. The Web-based learning has become more popular year by year in the various fields[1-2]. The proposed educational tool provides some courses such as power system introduction Course, KEPCO's system introduction Course, Power system devices Course, Power Flow Course, OPF Course, ELD Course, Stability Analysis Course, Fault analysis Course, Voltage & Frequency control Course, and power system planning & operation Course. Finally, it will be scheduled to install for the education tool of the power system engineering for KEPS[3].