Damping inter-area oscillation by generation rescheduling based on wide-area measurement information

Abstract Inter-area oscillations are inherent to power systems which can be caused due to oscillation of two coherent groups of generators against each other with low or negative damping. Poorly damped oscillations can pose various problems such as limiting transfer capabilities and in more severe cases can lead to uncontrolled islanding causing system blackout. In this paper, for damping inter-area oscillation a new method based on the wide area measurement system (WAMS) and using generation rescheduling (GR) is proposed. The proposed algorithm consists of three tasks; identification of inter-area mode, determination the most effective generators for rescheduling and enhancing damping of inter-area mode by GR. In this approach, first by means of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and modified Random Decrement (RD) techniques and using on-line power and rotor angle oscillation data provided by WAMS, the frequency and damping of the inter-area mode is identified. In the case of low damping of oscillation, by using mode shape of the inter area mode, generation rescheduling is applied for improvement of damping. In this paper, a non-model based method is adopted for estimating mode shape from the measured data like generator rotor speeds. The proposed approach is applied on a two area small system and IEEE 39-bus test system and the results demonstrate effectiveness of the method for enhancing oscillation damping.

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