PSCAD & Renewable Energy

Create a new project from scratch in PSCAD, select a case type, name it Beerschot, and set up canvas, signals, and view options to design the page.

Create a new project from scratch in PSCAD, adjust general settings (namespace, description, version), and fine-tune simulation parameters like duration, step size, channel step, and unit convergence for accurate plotting.

Create a PSCAD circuit by inserting a three-phase voltage source, configure it as an ideal grounded source, set magnitude and frequency, and prepare to monitor signals with a viewer.

Model a three-phase load in PSCAD by adding a simple three-phase load, then adjust per-phase rated power, switch units to kilowatts, and set the fundamental frequency to 50 Hz.

In PSCAD & Renewable Energy, model a simple system with a three-phase source, splitter, and load. Connect elements using wire mode and verify connections via the signals view.

Configure time, channel, and solution step settings, build project, and run a ten-second PSCAD simulation with 100 microsecond steps and 1000 plotting to view variables and confirm MDC run completed.

Link signals in PSCAD with a data label and multimeter selections, then create output channels to plot active and reactive power, voltage, and currents, and run the simulation.

Expand the diagram by adding resistor, capacitor, and inductor, connect three phases, apply folds and sequences in CAD, and simulate with grounding and measurements to analyze currents and voltages.

Set up a three-phase breaker in a PSCAD model, configure internal fault control, and insert a three-phase fault between the resistance and source to measure variables.

Learn to configure a time-based fault in PSCAD, apply a three-phase short circuit using a time logic block, and observe the instantaneous currents and voltages across all phases.

Explore how PSCAD sequences automate protection tests by using the sequencer to open or close breakers, apply faults, and insert delays for controlled simulations.

Apply Bernoulli's equation to model wind turbine power, compute the power coefficient beta, and relate rotor speed, wind speed, incidence angle, and hub speed.

Explore the wind turbine governor in PSCAD, covering pitch angle regulation, mechanical speed, 2.4 MW turbine power, three-bladed mode two, and PI control.

Learn how to model a wind turbine's mechanical and electrical dynamics by configuring a synchronous generator in PSCAD, including per-unit parameters and excitation settings for P and Q outputs.

Connect the wind turbine model to the wind governor, compute mechanical speed as two pi frequency over pole pairs, and feed torque and speed to the synchro machine.

Finalizes a PSCAD wind turbine model by configuring a 40 s, 100 μs step simulation, measuring active power, turbine power, and speed, and analyzing wind-speed effects on torque and stability.

Showcases building an AC-DC link in PSCAD, evolving from a wind turbine model to a full diode rectifier with six-pulse bridge, a DC bus with storage capacitance and overvoltage protection.

Simulate ac-dc linking of a wind turbine in PSCad, measure dc bus voltage and rms current, and implement a six-pulse hvdc bridge with voltage dependent current limits.

Design a dc to ac link in PSCAD, apply 95–105% voltage margins and current limits, and use a proportional-integral controller to adjust the firing angle for grid-connected wind-turbine dc link.

Build a wind turbine grid by connecting a three-phase source, step-up transformer, lines, and loads to a bus, using 33 voltage grid, 50 Hz, 250 MVA with p/q measurements.

Learn to perform a wind-turbine grid connection in PSCAD, set up multimeters to monitor currents and voltages, and analyze active and reactive power flows and fault analysis scenarios.