DIgSILENT PowerFactory

Technical Reference Documentation

DC Current Source
ElmDci
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Contents

Contents

1 General Description 3

2 Load Flow Analysis 3

3 Short Circuit Calculation 3

4 Time Domain Simulation 4

4.1 Input Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A Model Parameters 5

B Input/Output Signals 5

List of Figures 6

List of Tables 6

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3 Short Circuit Calculation

1 General Description

The DC Current Source element is the model of a direct current source. The element can be
connected to DC terminals only (Phase technology: DC). It is available both as a single-port
and two-ports element.

Figure 1.1 depicts the equivalent circuit of the model. When the conductance G is set to zero the
current source imposes a constant direct current regardless of the voltage across its terminals
and thus behaves as an ideal current source.

The user specifies the nominal current of the source in the basic data page of the element. The
actual current setpoint is then adjusted in the load flow page in per units of the nominal current
together with the parallel conductance G >= 0.

I
U

Isetp G

Figure 1.1: DIgSILENT DC Current Source

i0dc all parameters of the DC current source model. The input/output signals
Table A.1 summarizes
of the model are listed in table B.1.

2 Load Flow Analysis

For the load flow analysis the model corresponds to equivalent circuit shown in 1.1. The output
current is given by the following equation:

I = I setp + U × G (1)

Note that for DC elements there is no different between the balanced and unbalanced load flow
calculation. The same model applies therefore in both cases.

3 Short Circuit Calculation

There is no contribution from the DC current source model to faults neither in DC nor in AC
nodes. The DC current source is therefore ignored in the short-circuit calculation according to
any of the supported short-circuit methods (complete method, IEC60909, VDE102, ANSI.)

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4 Time Domain Simulation

4 i0dc
Time Domain Simulation

For DC components there is no difference between the electromagnetic (EMT) and the elec-
tromechanical (RMS) transient simulations. So the same model applies to both cases.

As shown in Figure 4.1 the model of the DC current source is extended by a shunt capacitance
for the time domain simulations.

Isetp G C

Figure 4.1: EMT and RMS DC Current Source model

Hence the response of the model is given by the following differential

I equation:

i(t) = isetp (t) − [Gu(t) + C

∂
u(t)]
U (2)
∂t

4.1 Input Signals Iset G

For dynamic studies it is possible to externally control the instantaneous value of the current by
means of the input signal shown in Figure 4.2. Hence with help of a composite model, the user
can inject any desired current waveform into the DC node.

i0dc

Figure 4.2: Input/Output Definition of General load Model (RMS-Simulation)

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B Input/Output Signals

A Model Parameters

Table A.1: Parameters of DC Current Source

Parameter Description Unit

loc name Name
bus1 Terminal (StaCubic)
bus1 bar Terminal
outserv Out of service
Inom Nominal Current A
sernum Serial Number
manuf Manufacturer
constr Year of construction
iAstabint A-stable integration algorithm
isetp Current Setpoint p.u.
Gi Internal Conductance S
Ci Internal Capacitance µF

B Input/Output Signals

Table B.1: I/O Signals of the DC current source

Name Description Unit I/O

i0dc DC Current Input p.u. IN

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List of Tables

List of Figures

1.1 DIgSILENT DC Current Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4.1 EMT and RMS DC Current Source model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

4.2 Input/Output Definition of General load Model (RMS-Simulation) . . . . . . . . . 4

List of Tables

A.1 Parameters of DC Current Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

B.1 I/O Signals of the DC current source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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