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Recommended grid-support settings

Scope

This instruction guides how to set the grid-support functions required by

This document covers the following models

Anti-islanding

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 2 → Anti-islanding to dis-/enable Anti-islanding Enabled Enabled Enabled

Frequency and Voltage Ride-through

Enabling

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 2 → FVRT enable to dis-/enable frequency and voltage ride-through Enabled Enabled Enabled
Setting → AC → Page 2 → FVRT current limit to dis-/enable current limiting in ride-through Disabled Enabled Unknown

Frequency Ride-through

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 6 → OFR2 voltage Over-frequency region 2 boundary, bias of nominal frequency
  • 5 (+60Hz) for Molokai, Lanai
  • 4 (+60Hz) for Oahu, Maui, Hawaii
Setting → AC → Page 6 → OFR2 time Over-frequency region 2 trip time, -0.5~-1s later than ride-through until 0.1s, no ride through
Setting → AC → Page 6 → OFR1 voltage Over-frequency region 1 boundary, bias of nominal frequency 3 (+60Hz)
Setting → AC → Page 6 → OFR1 time Over-frequency region 1 trip time, -0.5~-1s later than ride-through until 20 s, making ride-through 19.98 s
Setting → AC → Page 6 → UFR1 voltage Under-frequency region 1 boundary, bias of nominal frequency-3 (+60Hz)
Setting → AC → Page 6 → UFR2 voltage Under-frequency region 1 boundary, bias of nominal frequency
  • -10 (+60Hz) for Molokai, Lanai
  • -4 (+60Hz) for Oahu, Maui, Hawaii
Setting → AC → Page 6 → UFR1 time Under-frequency region 1 trip time, -0.5~-1s later than ride-through until 20 s, making ride-through 19.98 s
Setting → AC → Page 6 → UFR2 time Under-frequency region 2 trip time, -0.5~-1s later than ride-through until 0.1s, no ride through
Setting → AC → Page 6 → Restore upper limit freq Grid reconnect threshold frequency-upper limit, bias of nominal frequency 0.1 (+60Hz)
Setting → AC → Page 6 → Restore lower limit freq Grid reconnect threshold frequency-lower limit, bias of nominal frequency -0.1 (+60Hz)

Voltage Ride-through

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 5 → OVR# voltage Over-voltage region # boundary, ratio of nominal voltage OVR1 voltage: 1.1 (*480V)
OVR2 voltage: 1.2 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 5 → OVR# time Over-voltage region # trip time, 0.02s later than ride-through until OVR1 time: 0.94 s, making ride-through until 0.92s
OVR2 time: 0.1 s, no ride-through
Setting → AC → Page 5 → UVR# voltage Under-voltage region # boundary, ratio of nominal voltage UVR1 voltage: 0.88 (*480V)
UVR2 voltage: 0.7 (*480V)
UVR3 voltage: 0.5 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 5 → UVR# time Under-voltage region # trip time, 0.02s later than ride-through until UVR1 time: 20 s, making ride-through until 19.98s
UVR2 time: 11 s, making ride-through until 10.98s
UVR3 time: 0.1 s, no ride-through

Soft Start Ramp Rate (SS) and Normal Ramp Rate (RR)

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 2 → P change mode How the power changes when instructed, step or with ramp Set to “Ramp rate” to enable SS and RR
Setting → AC → Page 1 → Soft-Start reconnection ramp rate SS <0.0032 (*Pnom/s)
Setting → AC → Page 1 → Grid reconnection delay Grid reconnection delay 300 s
Setting → AC → Page 1 → Normal Ramp Rate RR 1 (*Pnom/s)

Volt-VAr

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 1 → AC operation mode to enable Votl-VAr control Set to V/VAr control to apply Votl-VAr control
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Volt/var point 1 V1 at Q1, ratio of nominal voltage 0.92 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Volt/var point 2 V2 at Q2, ratio of nominal voltage 0.97 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Volt/var point 3 V3 at Q3, ratio of nominal voltage 1.03 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Volt/var point 4 V4 at Q4, ratio of nominal voltage 1.07 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Max. inductive reactive regulation Q4, ratio of nominal capacity 0.3 (*Pnom)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Max. capacitive reactive regulation Q1, ratio of nominal capacity 0.3 (*Pnom)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Initial. inductive reactive regulation 3 Q3, ratio of nominal capacity 0 (*Pnom)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Initial. capacitive reactive regulation 2 Q2, ratio of nominal capacity 0 (*Pnom)
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Volt/var reaction time Volt-VAr response time 1 s
Setting → AC → Page 7 → Volt/var Vref Vref, ratio of nominal voltage 1 (*480V)

Volt-Watt and Freq-Watt

Enabling

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 2 → Active power regulation Set to Volt control to apply Volt-Watt Unaware of present CPUC/HECO politics
Setting → AC → Page 2 → Active power regulation Set to Freq control to apply Freq-Watt Unaware of present CPUC/HECO politics
Setting → AC → Page 2 → Active power regulation Set to V/F control to apply Volt-Watt and Freq-Watt at the same time. Yet Freq-Watt prior to Volt-Watt Unaware of present CPUC/HECO politics

Volt-Watt

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Volt/Watt V1 Volt-Watt V1 1.06 (*480V) 1.06 (*480V) 1.06 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Volt/Watt ramp rate useless, cancelled in V1440 0
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Volt/Watt delay Volt/Watt return delay 60 s 60 s 60 s
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Volt/Watt V2 Volt-Watt V2 1.1 (*480V) 1.1 (*480V) 1.1 (*480V)
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Volt/Watt P1 Volt-Watt P1 1 (*power setpoint) 1 (*power setpoint) 1 (*power setpoint)
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Volt/Watt P2 Volt-Watt P2 0 (*power setpoint) 0 (*power setpoint) 0 (*power setpoint)
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Volt/Watt response time Volt-Watt response time10 s 10 s 10 s

Freq-Watt

Parameter on HMI (legacy name before M1330) Meaning HECO requirement CA rule 21 requirement IEEE1547 requirement
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Freq/Watt point Fstart, the frequency Freq-Watt supposed to start 0.25 (+60Hz)
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Freq/Watt ramp rate Freq-Watt slope 0.05 (*power setpoint/Hz)
Setting → AC → Page 8 → Freq-Watt response time Freq-Watt response time 0.50 s