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Area of Science:

  • Power Systems Engineering
  • Control Theory
  • Renewable Energy Integration

Background:

  • Renewable energy integration introduces fluctuations impacting power system small signal stability.
  • Analyzing state variable fluctuations is crucial for understanding system dynamics under stochastic conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a theoretical analysis methodology for power system stability using power spectral density (PSD).
  • To propose and validate a global performance metric for synchronization stability.
  • To investigate the impact of stochastic process auto-correlations and inertia allocation on grid stability.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling simultaneous generation and consumption fluctuations using stochastic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes.
  • Analytically calculating power spectral densities (PSDs) of state variable fluctuations.
  • Developing PSD-based quantities for angle and frequency deviations, and a global synchronization stability metric.

Main Results:

  • The proposed methodology analytically calculates PSDs and quantifies deviations.
  • A global performance metric effectively measures synchronization stability.
  • Inertia allocation shows minimal impact on grid stability under small stochastic power fluctuations.

Conclusions:

  • The PSD-based analysis methodology provides a robust tool for evaluating power system stability with renewables.
  • The proposed global performance metric serves as a valuable quantitative index for synchronization stability.
  • Optimizing inertia allocation may not be the most effective strategy for enhancing grid stability against minor stochastic disturbances.