Modelo de Unidad de Medición Fasorial PMU Implementado en el Software de Simulación en Tiempo Real de Transitorios Electromagnéticos HYPERSIMmulación en tiempo real de transitorios electromagnéticos HYPERSIM

Diego Paguay; Ricardo Lozada; Ariel Almeida; Carlos Lozada

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Implementation of a Phasor Measurement Unit PMU Model in the Real Time Simulation Software for Electromagnetic Transients HYPERSIM

Modelo de Unidad de Medición Fasorial PMU Implementado en el Software de Simulación en Tiempo Real de Transitorios Electromagnéticos HYPERSIMmulación en tiempo real de transitorios electromagnéticos HYPERSIM

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Implementation of a Phasor Measurement Unit PMU Model in the Real Time Simulation Software for Electromagnetic Transients HYPERSIM. (2026). Revista Técnica "energía", 22(2), PP. 32-43. https://doi.org/10.37116/revistaenergia.v22.n2.2026.730

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Diego Paguay

Escuela Politécnica Nacional

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1269-3571

Ricardo Lozada

Operador Nacional de Electricidad - CENACE

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Ariel Almeida

Operador Nacional de Electricidad - CENACE

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Carlos Lozada

Operador Nacional de Electricidad - CENACE

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Real Time Simulation

Synchrophasors

PLL

PMU

WAMS

The purpose of this work is to develop a model for a phasor measurement unit (PMU) in OPAL-RTs real time digital simulation environment of the electromagnetic transient simulation software HYPERSIM. The proposed methodology is based on the IEEE standards C37.118.1-2011 and C37.118.2-2011. For synchrophasor estimation the RMS value calculation over a rolling window and a PLL-based (Phase-Locked Loop) scheme is used, as well as the interfaces for GPS synchronization and C37.118.2 communications that the real time simulator has available. The model was designed considering efficiency in computational resources. Finally, the implemented PMU model is compared to a commercial PMU on a WAMS using a real time simulation environment.

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