Coherency Based Decomposition and Aggregation

Abstract Relationship between coherency, area decomposition and aggregation is investigated for a class of models of electromechanical networks, including power system models. It is established that coherency conditions and a physically meaningful area-aggregate, reproducing a prescribed set of system modes, depend on external connections only. Coherency with respect to a set of slowest modes (“slow coherency”) and an earlier developed grouping algorithm are used to identify weakly coupled areas, as demonstrated on a 48-machine model of the Northeast United States power system