Power System Dynamicsand Stability
Power System Dynamicsand Stability
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Abstract:
Power System Stability is investigated by simulating a set of critical contingencies to determine whether the
disturbances information to classify system states. Low frequency power oscillations that occur between remote
generating pools or power stations, due to different types and settings of the automatic voltage regulators at
different power stations.
This review paper presented a basic concept of power system stability, classification stability of power system,
dynamic Stability, how to assessment the transient stability by using several methods to achieve dynamic and
transient stability enhancement and modulate the power system.
Key Word: Power System Stability, synchronous machine, Dynamic stability, Low frequency oscillation.
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Date of Submission: 04-03-2021 Date of Acceptance: 17-03-2021
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I. Introduction
Power system stability has been recognized as a vital important issue for a reliable and secure
interconnected power system operation as far back as the 1920s. The importance of stability problem associated
with power system operation arises from increasing power exchange between the constituent parts of a large
interconnected power system. In a free deregulated market, utilities are allowed to participate in the market
without mandatory upper or lower limits. Thus, a number of highly publicized blackouts happened in the early
years. The blackouts illustrate the necessity of assessing the stability of large power systems and maintaining an
adequate level of system security to minimize the risk of major blackouts resulting from cascading outages
emanating from a single disturbance. The main requirement of system stability is to keep the synchronous
operation of power system with adequate capacity and fast reaction to meet the fluctuations in electric demand
and changes in system topology. Successful operation of a power system depends largely on the engineer’s
ability to provide reliable and uninterrupted service to all loads and supply the required amount of loads by the
available facilities .Distance between the current state and a hypothetical state wherein units may lose
synchronization evaluated after each state of estimation and after each new power flow. In the evaluation, the
concern is the behavior of the power system when it is subjected to transient disturbances. If the oscillatory
response of a power system during the transient period following a disturbance is damped within acceptable
time, and the system can settle in a finite time to a new steady state, it is considered stable [1-3]
Stability of power systems is one of the most important aspects in electric system operation. This
arises from the fact that the power system must maintain frequency and voltage levels, under any disturbance,
like a sudden increase in the load, loss of one generator or switching out of a transmission line, during a fault [4].
Since the development of interconnection of large electric power systems, there have been spontaneous system
oscillations at very low frequencies in order of (0.2 - 3.0) Hz. Once started, they would continue for a long
period of time. In some cases, they continue to grow, causing system separation if no adequate damping is
available. Moreover, low-frequency oscillations present limitations on the power-transfer capability. To enhance
system damping, the generators are equipped with PSSs that provide supplementary feedback stabilizing signals
in the excitation systems [5].
to a normal operating state following a severe disturbance, such as a single or multi-phase short circuit or a
generator loss. Under these conditions, the linearized power system model dose not usually applies and the
nonlinear equations must be used directly for the analysis. A third term, dynamic stability, has been used to
describe a separate class of stability. However , this term has represent different concepts for different authors,
for these reason several international engineering organizations have recommended that this term not be
considered when discussing the stability problem. [6-8].
power system
stability
small disturbance transient stability short term long term large disturbance small disturbance-
short term
large disturbance
Short term
of sufficient synchronizing torque produces instability through aperiodic or non-oscillatory drift in the rotor
angle, whereas lack of damping torque results in oscillatory instability causes rotor oscillating with increasing
amplitude. Rotor angle stability depends on the initial operating state and the severity of the disturbance on
synchronous machines. Commonly, rotor angle stability classified into small disturbance-rotor angle stability
and large disturbance-rotor angle stability.
Local modes are associated with the swinging of units at generating station with respect to the rest of
power system at 1.0 to 2.0 Hz. Local modes affected by the strength of the transmission system at the plant,
generation level and excitation control system. The oscillation may be removed with a single or dual input
power system stabilizer that provides modulation of the voltage reference of the automatic voltage regulator and
compensation circuit. Inter-area modes are associated with the swinging of many machines in one area of an
interconnected power system against machines in other areas and have major impact on the global stability of
the complete power system. It involves two coherent groups of generators swinging against each other at (0.05-
1.0) Hz. Poorly damped inter-area oscillation affecting every part of interconnected power system and
coordinated analysis are required to check the small signal stability of the whole power system. Inter-area modes
depend on various reasons such as weak ties between interconnected areas, voltage levels, and the nature of the
load. Additionally, other types of oscillations have been recorded such as interplant modes, torsional modes and
control modes. Interplant modes is associated with machines on the same power generation site oscillate and
depending on the unit ratings and the reactance connecting them. Usually the rest of the system is unaffected
because the oscillations manifest themselves within the generation plant. Torsional modes associated with the
turbine, generator shaft and the Components of system. Due to the interaction between generator exciter control
and prime mover control, usually these modes are excited when a multi-stage turbine generator connected to the
grid through a series compensated line. A mechanical torsional mode of the shaft system interacts with the series
capacitor at the natural frequency of the electrical network. The shaft resonance appears when network natural
frequency equals synchronous frequency minus torsional frequency [16].
Control modes are associated with generating units and other equipment control such as poorly tuned
controls of excitation systems, speed governors, Flexible Alternative Current Transmission Systems (FACTs)
devices controls, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converters. Loads and excitation system can interact
through control modes. Transformer tap-changing controls can also interact in a complex manner with nonlinear
loads giving rise to voltage oscillations. [17, 18]. The minimum damping ratio of oscillation, which is associated
with the local and inter-area oscillations, is considered as an indicator for oscillatory stability in this paper. The
disturbances should be considered sufficiently small where the linearization of the system equations is
permissible for the purpose of modal analysis. In case of inaccurate linearization process, an identification
technique is required to identify the system modes based on the time response of electrical signals.
load demand in order to raise the frequency. In case of an incident with a large frequency deviation, the primary
control (in the first 30 minutes) is activated where the partly loaded or carry spinning reserve units selected to
initiate an automatic rapid increase of their outputs within a few seconds. The controllers of all activated
generators alter the power delivered by the generators until a balance between power output and consumption is
re-established. Spinning reserve to be utilized by the primary control should be uniformly distributed around the
system. Then the reserve will come from a variety of locations and the risk of overloading some transmission
corridors will be minimized. The frequency stabilization obtained and maintained at steady state value, but
differs from the frequency set point. The Secondary control, in the portion of the system contains power
unbalance, will take over the remaining frequency and power deviation after 15 to 30 seconds to return to the
initial frequency and restore the power balance in each control area [1] [2, 21]. Tertiary control is additional to, and
slower than, primary and secondary frequency control. Automatic load shedding initiated using under-frequency
relays expected to be able to shed the required amount of load during low frequency events. These relays detect
the onset of decay in the system frequency and shed appropriate amount of system load until the generations and
loads are in balance [21].
Generally, the lack of frequency instability is associated with several problems, such as poor
coordination of operation control, protection devices, weakness of equipment response and deficiency in
generation reverse [22] [23]. Many countries experienced major frequency disturbances under different
circumstances in the past. From 1970s to 2000s, many main systems had experienced serious system frequency
disturbances (e.g. islanding grids situation and blackouts) which led to examining the reasons of the system
frequency instability problems .[24].
power demand. A power system is dynamically stable for a particular steady state operating condition and for a
particular disturbance if, following that disturbance; it reaches an acceptable steady state operating conditions.
An important requirement was the ability to determine the risk of blackout, which can be computed by
quantifying the distance between the current state and the steady-state stability limit rather than just
characterizing it as stable or unstable. This required a fast and accurate online security assessment tools and
special actions to prevent system instability, which commonly defined as remedial actions. The remedial actions
include curative and preventive actions that should be prepared in the operational planning stage. Urative
remedial actions should be prepared in advance and immediately activated after any credible contingency or
abnormal conditions to relieve system constraints. Preventive remedial actions should be designed in advance at
steady state to anticipate the events and restore the security level in case curative remedial actions which are not
sufficient to face the expected contingencies. Dynamic stability studies contain a wider range of phenomena by
different authors; dynamic stability concerns the system stability during small disturbance (oscillatory stability)
and large disturbance (transient stability). The dynamic stability studies consist of considering the fluctuations in
load and generation, the network reactions following critical disturbances and recommending operating
measures to avoid undesirable operating modes
order to break the acceleration of the rotor of generators during faults. Shunt resistors can be switched in to
create an artificial load following a fault, in order to improve the damping of accelerated generators.
Installing efficient protective devices and coordinating between the interconnected system operators for
faster fault clearing and initiating proper corrective actions during abnormal conditions.
Online remedial and preventive measures: The operation of interconnected power system is economically
oriented based competitive manner in the most cases. This complicates the ability of Offline preventive
measures to keep the power system away from the stability limits. This produces the importance of system
operators to use online dynamic stability assessment (DSA) and operating the power system within these
limits. There are many online preventive measures can be used to safeguard and enhance system stability
such as:
Changing the system topology such as tripping of critical generator to ensure that the other generators
maintain in synchronism. In addition, generation rescheduling/re-dispatching can be used to reallocate
power generation in order to avoid system overloads and relieve constraints.
Using of high-speed protective schemes such as transmission line protection with single-pole tripping and
adaptive reclosing capabilities to minimizes system disturbance. High-speed automatic reclosing system is
effective methodology to restore power continuity.
Effectively use of online transformer tap-changers and phase shifting transformers to control the power
flow across transmission system by continuous control of voltage regulator set points and changing the
phase using taps.
Automatic load shedding of interruptible consumers is an effective corrective counter-measure to maintain
the frequency at nominal value during abnormal conditions. In the simple implementation, under frequency
relays installed at fixed points and with fixed settings can be made adaptive by adjusting the location and
level of shedding in accordance with power flow and voltage conditions on the transmission network [26]
Assuring reactive-power generation or absorption control and using special control of HVDC links to
control the DC power and maintain generation/load balance in AC networks during disturbances.
Implementation of high-speed excitation systems to rapidly boosts field voltage in response to disturbances.
Increasing of the internal voltage of a generator has the effect of proving transient stability.
In real time application, the system configuration and power distribution are possibly not fully similar
to the planned situation studied. Therefore, abnormal operating conditions may require immediate actions for
control the generation/consumption facilities to restore the standard security level. In deregulated electricity
market, makes a change in scheduled generation, as a recommended action in response to an abnormal
condition, may make a request to the independent system operator / transient stability assessment (ISO/TSO)
for compensation.
j…………………………..…………………..(2)
Where and pmi are the per unit moment of inertia and the mechanical input power of generator i
respectively. wi and are the angular velocity of generator i and the angle of bus voltage at post-disturbance.
Cij and Dij are depending on the real and imaginary components of the admittance matrix and the generator
voltages. In equation1, the first term is called the kinetic energy, which is a function of generator speeds. The
sum of terms 2, 3, and 4 is called the potential energy, which is a function of generator angles. The quantity V
measures the amount of transient energy which is injected into the system by the fault. The critical energy Vcr
measures the energy-absorbing capability of the post-fault of the system, the system is stable if V is less than
Vcr [20]. The transient energy margin is defined as (Vcr - V) and is used as a measure of system relative stability.
The availability of a qualitative measure of the degree of stability or instability in terms of the energy margin
makes the direct methods an attractive tool for a wide range of problems [35]. There are some difficulties
associated with the application of TEF in recent power system. These difficulties include the impossibility of an
efficient TEF for detailed multi-machine system and the uncertainty of determination the correct energy margin
to classify system to be sufficiently stable. There are several works for modifying the TEF to improve these
limitations such as Pseudo-Lyapunov approaches, which combine TDS and TEF for online transient stability
assessment. These approaches take advantage of the superior ability of TDS in detailed system modeling and the
qualitative measure provided by TEF to derive preventive and corrective control actions [20].
The main disadvantage is the proper energy margin suggestion for stable system operation. TDS runs up to the
instant of fault clearing to obtain the angles and speeds of all generators, which are used to calculate the total
system energy at the fault clearing time. By comparing the calculated value with the critical system energy, the
system state of stability can be determined [38]
The transient stability assessment procedure simply involves the following steps:
a. Calculation of the critical energy Vcr.
b. Calculation of the total system energy at the instant of fault clearing V.
c. Calculation of stability index (Vcr - V), the system is stable if the stability is positive.
The calculation of the boundary of the region of stability for a large power system is the most difficult step in
applying TEF method. If the boundary can be determined, TEF gives a margin of stability rather than just the
stable/unstable result.
fault with different network configuration to investigate the ability of the system to withstand the disturbance
under consideration. TDS starts with solving the load flow problem to initialize the pre-disturbance state. The
solved load flow gives the data corresponding to the pre-disturbance state.
The post-disturbance dynamic behavior of electrical signals is determined by systematic numerical
integration of differential equations, which are modeled the power system. At each time step of simulation, the
time derivative of each state variable is calculated. From the present state variables and their corresponding rates
of changes, the state variables at the next time step can be calculated by using the integration techniques [20].
Consequently, the algebraic variables are updated by using the algebraic equations. At the instant of
disturbance, the appropriate data must be modified. Then, the process repeated until the time of interest reached.
The swing curves represent the evolution of rotor angle of each machine known at the end of each time step.
These curves further compared with each other in order to determine whether the rotor angular
difference of any two machines exceeds the predefined accepted limit. The iterative process will stop if the
system is unstable based on a specified limit otherwise the calculations are pursued for the maximum simulation
time.
The stable cases are much more time consuming than the unstable ones.
The angular difference rather than absolute angles is often a better choice to distinguish between stable
and unstable system state since it is easily to observe the relative motion of rotor between the machines [20]. If
any angular difference becomes larger than a predefined limit, the system is considered under transient
instability encountering. The corresponding synchronous generator may loss synchronizing with other machines
in the system and may be isolated by the protection system. The critical fault clearing time is considered as
CCT, which associated with the contingency. The isolation of faulted element is accomplished by protective rely
to activate circuit breaker interruption.
The CCT depends on the system configuration and the loading level at the instant of fault occurrence.
The most accurate way to assess the transient stability power system is the systematic TDS. TDS is used to
accommodate for the complexity of system modeling and stability conditions by observing its electromechanical
angular and voltage swings during the simulation time. To reach this aim, Power System Dynamic (PSD)
simulation software based upon TDS method is presented and applied at all system operating points during
contingencies in order to calculate the CCT in this dissertation [20, 39].
equations leads to the dynamic model of the whole power system. A nonlinear dynamic system with its control
can be described by equation (3) and equation (4 ), which should be solved simultaneously in order to
investigate the dynamic behavior following a disturbance. [12, 20, 40]
………………………………………………….....……………..……….( 3 )
……………………………………………………………..…………….. ( 4 )
Where, x is the state vector with n state variables. The state vector represents the dynamic states of
generators, loads and other system controllers. u is the vector of inputs to the system set which includes the
automatic voltage regulator set point and uncontrollable input parameters such as generator power levels
variations, and load active and reactive power levels, y is the vector of outputs such as pharos angle and
magnitude of bus voltages and bus generated reactive power, f is the vector of nonlinear functions defining state
variables in terms of state and input variables, g is the vector of nonlinear functions relating state and input
variables to output variables such as power flow equations and system constraints.
Each synchronous generator is represented by three mathematical equations: two electromechanical,
and one electromagnetic. A mathematical model of each generator may be written as follows [41, 42]
( – – D)………………………………………………………………..(5)
( ,………………………………………………...………………………(6)
……………………...………………………….(7 )
+ ) ………….…. (8)
Where: ω is the mechanical angular speed, M is the inertia constant, and T m, Te and D are the mechanical,
electrical, and damping torques, respectively. Symbol δ defines the power angle, and ω b is the base angular
speed. is the voltage behind the transient quadrature axis. is the field winding open circuit time
constant (sec). EFD defines the excitation internal voltage of the machine, while x d and x are the synchronous
and transient direct-axis reactance’s, respectively, of the synchronous machine. Vt is the terminal voltage of the
machine. The dot denotes the first time derivative of this variable.
2.11Synchronous Machines
The synchronous machine fundamentally consists of two elements, namely the armature or stator and the rotor.
Much like the dc generator, the operation of the synchronous machine is based on Faraday's law of
electromagnetic induction and can operate as both motor and generator.
The theory of synchronous machines is primarily based on the relative motion of the two cylindrical parts and
the distribution of the flux in the air-gap of the machine. These parts are linked in a magnetic circuit, which is
set up by currents in conductors near the surfaces of the elements.
The phenomenon of stability of synchronous machine operation has received a great deal of attention in the past
and will receive increasing attention in the future. As economies in system design are achieved with larger unit
sizes and higher per unit reactance generating and transmission equipment designs, more emphasis and reliance
is being placed on controls to provide the required compensating effects with which to offset the reductions in
stability margins inherent from these trends
in equipment design [43]. Concurrent with these trends are improvements in calculating
methods and computing capability which permit predicting complex dynamic effects [44, 45] providing the means
for designing control equipment with the proper characteristics.
c’ b’
S N
Armature Winding d Axis’
Rotor
b
Air gap c ɵ
a’ stator
Axis of phase a
Axis of phase c
Fig. 2 Placement of stator phase coils with axes at 1200 displacement within the stator periphery of two-pole
synchronous machine [46].
S S
Field flux
(a) round rotor (b) salient pole
Fig. 3. Field windings and magnetic field paths shown within the (a) round rotor and (b) the salient pole rotor.
Fig. 4 shows the idealized machine with the three-phase windings replaced by windings (dq) on the
direct (d) and quadrature (q) axes. The fictitious dq windings carry the currents id and iq which are located on
the dq axes and have the same number of turns each as a phase winding that would set up the same magneto-
motive force (MMF) wave as the actual currents ia, ib, ic. Since three windings are replaced by two axis
windings, the base value of current in the dq axis windings is changed to one and a half times the base value of
current in the abc phase windings.
q axis
µq
q
iq
µkq
kq
ikq
f kd d d axis
if ikd id
ω
µ
µf kd
µd
Fig. 4. Two-axis representation of a synchronous machine with one damper winding on each axis.
III. Conclusions
The small perturbation stability characteristics of a single machine supplying an infinite bus through
external impedance have been explored by means of frequency response analyses giving insights into effects of
machine and system parameters, voltage regulator gain, and stabilizing functions derived from speed and
working through the voltage reference of the voltage regulator. The assessment of transient stability requires
examining the behavior of a critical group of machines in the post-disturbance period. This is in contrast to the
prevailing practice, in the past two decades, of assessing transient stability via a system-wide energy function. In
this paper, a review on concepts of power system Stability has been presented. The paper covered the main
types of stability assessment and learned it by dateless. A simple and effective for improve the steady-state
stability increase system damping oscillations of power system and improve power system dynamic stability
extended power transfer limits of system and maintained the reliable operation of the grid.
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