Nodal admittance matrix based area partition method for small-signal stability analysis of large-scale power electronics based power systems

Liang Qiao, Yaosuo Xue, Le Kong, Fred Wang

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Abstract

In power electronics-based power systems (PEPSs), small-signal stability is an important factor for system design and operation, where the impedance-based approach is often used. However, unlike small-scale PEPSs with simple and straightforward impedance models, it would take much more efforts to derive the large-scale PEPSs impedance model, which is very complicated and sometimes may get wrong results due to the elimination of right-half plane (RHP) poles during the impedance aggregation process. To simplify the derivation procedure and analyze the small-signal stability of large-scale PEPSs, this paper proposes a nodal admittance matrix (NAM) based area partition method. In this method, the large-scale PEPS is divided into several sub-areas, and the stability is analyzed within the sub-area first, and then the interconnection stability among these sub-areas is analyzed. The proposed method is scalable and can help to locate the weakest areas/converters that may cause instability in the whole system. In this paper, the concept of the proposed method and its application to an example system are introduced. Experimental results are also given to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages687-693
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728189499
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 14 2021
Event36th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Jun 14 2021Jun 17 2021

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Conference

Conference36th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period06/14/2106/17/21

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Electricity, Advanced Grid Modeling Program under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. This work is primarily supported by Oak Ridge National Lab. This work also made use of Engineering Research Center Shared Facilities provided by the Engineering Research Center Program of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy under NSF Award Number EEC1041877 and the CURENT Industry Partnership Program.

FundersFunder number
CURENT
National Science FoundationEEC1041877
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC05-00OR22725

    Keywords

    • Area partition
    • Large-scale
    • Nodal admittance matrix
    • Power electronics-based power systems
    • Small-signal stability

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