Synchronized waveform measurements: technology, requirements and applications

There has been a steady growth in the adoption of synchrophasor measurement devices and related applications in the power industry over the last decade. However, with the advent of large-scale implementations of fast-acting power electronic controls and devices in renewable power sources, including specifically inverter-based resources, there is an emerging need to a new class of wide-area time-synchronized measurements that can capture point-on-wave measurements in addition to the traditional positive sequence synchrophasor information. Simultaneous wide-area tripping of solar inverters following routine transmission line faults has led to sudden loss of 1000+ MWs of power generation during many recent events in the western power system. This has highlighted the need for better monitoring and understanding of the power electronic controls using the synchronized high-speed measurement technology. This panel session will include speakers associated with the needs, technologies, and applications associated with synchronized point-on-wave measurements.