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> Synthetic inertia involves configuring control loops in the battery inverters to cause them to have a similar response to a synchronous generator. So you get
by thisrod 6y ago
> Synthetic inertia involves configuring control loops in the battery inverters to cause them to have a similar response to a synchronous generator.
So you get a clock, monitor the grid, calculate the current that would be drawn from a short-circuited dynamo right now, and get the inverter to generate that current, all within a few microseconds, and without setting the battery on fire? I'm impressed.
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- toomuchtodo 6y agoMostly. https://www.nrel.gov/news/features/2020/renewables-rescue-stability-as-the-grid-loses-spin.html https://www.nrel.gov/news/features/2020/renewables-rescue-st... https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/73207.pdf https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/73207.pdf
- vvll 6y agoJust to add on to this, here's a good talk that goes through the basics of VSGs (Virtual Synchronous Generators) and how they work. https://youtu.be/2BHbUPDxwJc?t=668 https://youtu.be/2BHbUPDxwJc?t=668