Title: Study on the role of transmission lines in network strengthening and influencing the power system inter-area modal characteristics

Authors: Sirin Dutta Chowdhury

Addresses: Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110016, India

Abstract: Inter-area modes having inherent poor damping pose serious threats to the power system stability. These modes restrict the power transfer capacity of the transmission lines and hence need to be stabilised. In this paper, a simple and practicable method based on the modal analysis technique and the transmission system augmentation approach has been demonstrated which strengthens the power system network by damping its oscillatory modes. This technique also gives a fair idea regarding the optimal locations for different controllers' placement. A novel index namely 'mode contribution factor' has been introduced which quantifies the impact of the oscillatory modes on the synchronous machines. This paper also demonstrates the application of cut-set stability criterion to the improvement of the system damping. The proposed method has been validated using IEEE 16-machine 68 bus and IEEE 10-machine 39 bus test systems. The results have been compared to several published works and found to be in line with them.

Keywords: transmission lines; network strengthening; inter area oscillatory modes; modal analysis; system augmentation; optimal location; controller placement; mode shapes; damping improvement; cut-set stability criterion.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2021.118336

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, 2021 Vol.17 No.4, pp.323 - 345

Accepted: 09 Dec 2020
Published online: 21 Oct 2021 *

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