Quebec (Hydro-Quebec D-2022-088) — ride-through requirements

The LVRT, HVRT, FRT envelopes a grid-scale battery must meet under Quebec (Hydro-Quebec D-2022-088) (Canada), digitized breakpoint by breakpoint and checked against the clause it came from.

By Sergey Syrvachev — Director of Product Engineering at HyperStrong

Applies to: transmission connections — Generating stations on the Hydro-Quebec transmission system.

Part of: the grid-code ride-through chart — compare this against 65 other standards in 44 countries.

What this is, and is not. A reading aid compiled from the clause cited below — not a compliance document. The primary text governs. Every value here was read from a current primary 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. These are the boundaries, not the behaviour: what holding one demands of the converter — reactive current injection, thermal stress, protection timing — is stepped through in the LVRT / HVRT ride-through visual.

EventDutyBreakpointsStatus
low-voltage ride-through (LVRT)ride-through0.001s → 0 pu; 0.15s → 0 pu; ↗ 1s → 0.25 pu; 1.001s → 0.75 pu; 2s → 0.75 pu; 2.001s → 0.85 pu; 30s → 0.85 pu; 30.001s → 0.9 puverified
high-voltage ride-through (HVRT)ride-through0.001s → 1.4 pu; 0.1s → 1.4 pu; 0.101s → 1.25 pu; 2s → 1.25 pu; 2.001s → 1.2 pu; 30s → 1.2 pu; 30.001s → 1.15 pu; 300s → 1.15 pu; 300.001s → 1.1 puverified
frequency ride-through (FRT)ride-throughHigh: 0.1s → 61.7 Hz; 90s → 61.7 Hz; 90.001s → 61.5 Hz; 660s → 61.5 Hz; 660.001s → 60.6 Hz | Low: 0.1s → 55.5 Hz; 0.35s → 55.5 Hz; 0.351s → 56.5 Hz; 2s → 56.5 Hz; 2.001s → 57 Hz; 10s → 57 Hz; 10.001s → 57.5 Hz; 90s → 57.5 Hz; 90.001s → 58.5 Hz; 660s → 58.5 Hz; 660.001s → 59.4 Hzverified

Where these values come from

  • LVRTHydro-Quebec TransEnergie, 'Technical Requirements for the Connection of Generating Stations to the Hydro-Quebec Transmission System', Decision D-2022-088, effective July 15, 2022; section 12.2.1, Table 8 (p.48) and Figure 6 (p.49). Verified from the Hydro-Quebec-hosted English PDF (Exigences_raccordement_centrales_ang_2022-07-15.pdf), text extracted directly. The code defines a linear recovery ramp; the vertices are read from the clause and the chart draws the segment between them.
  • HVRTHydro-Quebec TransEnergie, 'Technical Requirements for the Connection of Generating Stations to the Hydro-Quebec Transmission System', Decision D-2022-088, effective July 15, 2022; section 12.2.2, Table 9 (p.50). Verified from the Hydro-Quebec-hosted English PDF, text extracted directly.
  • FRTHydro-Quebec TransEnergie, 'Technical Requirements for the Connection of Generating Stations to the Hydro-Quebec Transmission System', Decision D-2022-088, effective July 15, 2022; section 12.2.3, Table 10 (p.51). Verified from the Hydro-Quebec-hosted English PDF, text extracted directly.

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