Nigeria (TCN Grid Code) — ride-through requirements

The LVRT, HVRT, FRT envelopes a grid-scale battery must meet under Nigeria (TCN Grid Code) (Nigeria), digitized breakpoint by breakpoint and checked against the clause it came from.

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What this is, and is not. A reading aid compiled from the clause cited below — not a compliance document. The primary text governs. Some values on this page are marked partial: the level is confirmed but at least one duration step could not be read directly from the source.

Breakpoints

Times are seconds from the start of the disturbance. Voltage is per-unit of nominal; frequency in hertz. An LVRT curve is a lower boundary (stay connected while voltage is on or above it), an HVRT curve an upper boundary, and FRT gives the band between its High and Low boundaries.

Event Duty Breakpoints Status
low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) ride-through 0.001s → 0 pu; 0.15s → 0 pu; 0.151s → 0.14 pu; 0.77s → 0.14 pu; 0.771s → 0.43 pu; 1.38s → 0.43 pu; 1.381s → 0.71 pu; 2s → 0.71 pu; 2.001s → 0.85 pu partial
high-voltage ride-through (HVRT) ride-through 0.001s → 1.2 pu; 2s → 1.2 pu; 2.001s → 1.1 pu partial
frequency ride-through (FRT) ride-through High: 0.1s → 51.75 Hz; 15s → 51.75 Hz; 15.001s → 51.5 Hz | Low: 0.1s → 47.5 Hz partial

Where these values come from

  • LVRT The Grid Code for the Nigeria Electricity Transmission System, NERC, published 01-08-2018 (cover 'Version 03', page footers 'Version 02'), clause 12.6.9(a)-(c) and Figure 1 'Voltage Fault Ride Through requirement for Power Park Modules' (p.63); Vmin from Table 1, subsection 10.1.5 (p.47).
  • HVRT Nigeria Grid Code (NERC, 01-08-2018), clause 12.6.9(d) and Figure 1 HVRT limb; Vmax from Table 1, subsection 10.1.5.
  • FRT Nigeria Grid Code (NERC, 01-08-2018), clause 12.6.5 (corroborated by clause 10.1.4). One boundary is a single level; no further duration steps digitized.

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