Abstract:With traditional energy technologies based on fossil fuels gradually being replaced by clean energy technologies such as wind energy, photovoltaic power generation, green hydrogen electrolysis and tidal energy, and the scale of power system interconnection continues to increase, the scheduling and operation methods and controls are becoming increasingly complex. In this context, conducting the experimental research on hydropower units which undertake the peak shaving and frequency regulation tasks is of great significance for improving the stability and disturbance resistance of power system. However, due to the huge cost and risk, the types of experiments are greatly limited. To this end, a virtual and real integrated simulation platform for hydro-turbine regulation system is constructed, which includes both real and virtual components. The rationality of experimental research on hydro-turbine units based on the virtual and real integrated simulation platform is verified through experiments such as automatic start-up, no-load disturbance, continuous load increase, load rejection and fault simulation. The research results show that the constructed virtual and real integrated simulation platform can effectively simulate the transition process of hydropower units, and achieve routine testing and fault simulation testing of regulation system of hydropower units at low cost and risk.