Real-Time Monitoring of Short-Term Voltage Stability Using PMU Data

We develop a model-free approach for the short-term voltage stability monitoring of a power system. Finite time Lyapunov exponents are used as the certificate of stability. The time-series voltage data from phasor measurement units (PMU) are used to compute the Lyapunov exponent to predict voltage stability in real time. Issues related to practical implementation of the proposed method, such as phasor measurement noise, communication delay, and the finite window size for prediction, are also discussed. Furthermore, the stability certificate in the form of Lyapunov exponents is also used to determine the stability/instability contributions of the individual buses to the overall system stability and for computation of critical clearing time. Simulation results are provided for the IEEE 162-bus system to demonstrate the application of the developed method.

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