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Xue, Yaosuo

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Deep Learning-Based Dynamic Modeling of Three-Phase Voltage Source Inverters

Inverter-based resource (IBR) models are necessary to analyze modern power system stability and create effective control strategies. Modeling IBRs in converter-rich power systems is crucial, yet challenging due to the lack of commercial information on converter topologies and control parameters. This paper proposes novel convolutional neural network (CNN)–based data-driven techniques for modeling IBRs, addressing adaptability and proprietary concerns without requiring internal system physics knowledge. The proposed method is tested using real grid-tied commercial IBR transient data and demonstrates effectiveness and accuracy. Furthermore, the developed modeling approach is integrated and implemented in the open-source power distribution simulation and analysis tool, GridLAB-D, to illustrate the potentiality of dynamic analysis of large-scale power systems with high IBRs.

deep learning, artificial intelligence

Grid Parameters and Voltage Estimation Approach Integrating Data-Driven Converter Model

With Measurements of grid voltage and current are essential for the optimal operation of the grid protection and control (P&C) systems. Grid parameters vary through time during the faults and especially in the converter interfaced resources (CIRs) rich power grid, and thus accurate estimation is critical to avoid the mis-operation of the P&C systems. In this paper, a moving horizon estimation (MHE) as an observer is devised and applied to estimate the grid line parameters and grid voltages for protection enhancement. Due to the proprietary and confidentiality of CIRs, the proposed approach uses the black-box model to represent their dynamics. Leveraging the easily accessible measurements of output current from the black-box model of CIR and voltage at the point of common coupling, the proposed method estimates the grid impedance and grid voltage during normal and faulty operating conditions. The performance shows that the optimization-based observer was able to closely observe the accurate states and parameters, which can be utilized by the P&C systems.

Subedi, Sunil

A Third Harmonic Voltage Injection Technique to Improve The Power Transmission Capacity

To facilitate the growing deployment of renewable energy sources and increasing load demand, it is imperative to increase the power transmission capacity of the existing transmission corridors. The available power uprating techniques are either costly, or require significant alteration to the existing system. Moreover, most of these techniques are suitable for long transmission lines. In light of these limitations, a third harmonic voltage injection based power uprating technique is proposed in this article. The proposed technique is economic, immune to line impedance unbalance, and is applicable for any length of transmission line. Most importantly, the technique needs very minimal modification in the existing system at the substation level. The efficacy of the proposed technique is validated through simulation and experiments.

Das, Anubrata

Passivity-Based Grid Forming Control for DERs

This paper uses a passivity-based control method for grid-forming control-based distributed energy resources (DERs). A port-controlled Hamiltonian form is used to guarantee the passivity property. In addition, different passivity-based control methods are applied to different DERs in a microgrid, where an energy storage system, wind turbine, and solar-based DERs are considered. Since all the operating DERs can guarantee the passivity property, the stable operation of the microgrid is guaranteed. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed control method effectively manages the microgrid, ensuring stable operation.

Gui, Yonghao

Partitioning of Large-Scale Power Electronics-Based Power Systems for Small-Signal Stability Analysis

The nodal admittance matrix (NAM)-based approach is suitable for analyzing the small-signal stability of large-scale power electronics-based power systems (PEPSs) as it preserves the system structure by utilizing the admittance matrix. Previously, NAM-based area partition has been proposed, which divides the system into various subareas and interconnections for easier analysis of the low-dimension matrix compared to the entire system-based high-dimension matrix. However, no partition algorithm has been presented for the NAM-based area partition method. This paper focuses on implementing the spectral partitioning algorithm for partitioning large-scale PEPSs into a low-dimension matrix to reduce the computation complexity of the analysis. These spectral components facilitate data transformation into a new space, enabling the application of traditional clustering methods like k-means. To evaluate the performance of the partitioning method, the subareas and interconnections obtained from the spectral clustering algorithm are incorporated into the NAM-based area partition method for a large system with 140 buses. The computational times of the original method, where the NAM-based criterion is directly applied to the entire system, are compared with those of the NAM-based partition method in MATLAB. PSCAD simulations of the whole system and the obtained subareas are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Nupur, Nupur

Towards the Flexibility of HVDC-Interconnected Systems: A Novel Emergency Freqeuncy Response Model

In this paper, we propose a novel multi-time scale emergency frequency response model by unlocking the flexibility of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems. Unlike assigning power ramping rates for FACTS to regulate frequency in traditional methods, this paper designs a step-change electromagnetic power frequency response (EPFR) scheme, by leveraging the temporal over/under DC voltage capability of HVDC. Wherein the Kullback-Leibler Divergence is adopted to convexify the modified swing equation after integrating the step-change power. Further, to avoid the complicated differential equations, we equivalently reformulate the duration limits of DC voltage deviation into the HVDC decreasing power ramping rates, which participate in the system primary frequency response. Finally, the new steady-state operation level of HVDC is involved with the secondary frequency response. As a result, an improved three-level algorithm is developed to solve the model, wherein the instant step-change, primary, and secondary frequency response are coordinated together. After applying the proposed frequency response scheme on the test system, the EPFR is validated to effectively provide the most instantaneous supports when faced with bulk power loss due to extreme contingencies, and the resilience is ensured within acceptable expenditures.

Jiang, Sufan

Hybrid Modeling of Three-Phase Grid-Supporting Inverters for Dynamic Studies

Grid technologies connected by power electronic converter (PEC) interfaces continually implement grid support functions mandated by grid codes and standards. The transition to converter-based generation demands precise PEC models to assess system dynamics, which have been previously overlooked in conventional power systems. This study proposes a hybrid method for analyzing grid-connected three-phase PEC dynamics with the IEEE standard 1547-2018 Volt-VAr mode that combines physics and data-driven techniques. The physics model reflects the PEC’s internal behavior, whereas the data-driven modeling technique evaluates the grid-supporting capabilities of the smart PEC. The system identification approach is used to generate dynamic PEC models based on changing grid voltage and measured current injected into the grid by the PEC. In the Volt-VAr support mode, a detailed topological model including switches is utilized to compare the goodness-of-fit of the extracted hybrid dynamic model. The results demonstrate that the hybrid PEC model in the Volt-VAr mode accurately matches the dynamics with the topological model.

Subedi, Sunil