Fast methods for voltage stability analysis and control selection considering parameter uncertainties

Author(s)

Lucas Sales Neves

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2022-03-11

Examining board members

Luís Fernando Costa Alberto; Marcos Julio Rider Flores; João Alberto Passos Filho; Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza; Glauco Nery Taranto

• Advisor: Luís Fernando Costa Alberto

Abstract

With the ongoing load increase in current power systems, voltage stability analysis has become an essential tool to ensure that a power system can withstand different loading variations. In this scenario, this work deals with parameter uncertainties and control selection in voltage stability analysis of power systems. The main contributions of this thesis are related to: • Modelling: – A new static power system model is proposed. The new model enables na unified analysis of different voltage instability mechanisms. Specifically, all static bifurcations are transformed into saddle-node bifurcations. – A new model to take parameter uncertainties into account is proposed, where parametric variations are represented by a Brownian motion and the uncertainty region is described by a cone. • Voltage stability margin computation: – A new method for contingency ranking is proposed. The proposed method is both fast and accurate in computing the contingency ranking, and is able to compute different bifurcation types. – A new method is proposed to compute the voltage stability margin. The method is robust to different parameter variation scenarios and is able to compute diferente bifurcation types. The method is also fast, with a execution time equivalent to a few continuation power flow computations.• Voltage stability margin control: A new method is proposed to select control actions which aim for increasing the voltage stability margin. The method takes uncertainties into account, and results show that proposed method is fast on selecting a small number of control actions that are sufficient to increase the voltage stability margin to a predefined value.All propositions were tested by means of several simulations on different test-systems. Implementation results corroborate that the proposed methods are fast and robust, with potential for online voltage stability assessment of large-scale power systems. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/24815-7 - Fast methods for selection of preventive and corrective controls in electric power systems considering load uncertainties
• Grantee: Lucas Sales Neves
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)