A Framework for Robust Assessment of Power Grid Stability and Resiliency
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Vu, Thanh Long; Turitsyn, Konstantin
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Security assessment of large-scale, strongly nonlinear power grids containing thousands to millions of interacting components is a computationally expensive task. Targeting at reducing the computational cost, this paper introduces a framework for constructing a robust assessment toolbox that can provide mathematically rigorous certificates for the grids' stability in the presence of variations in power injections, and for the grids' ability to withstand a bunch sources of faults. By this toolbox we can 'offline' screen a wide range of contingencies or power injection profiles, without reassessing the system stability on a regular basis. In particular, we formulate and solve two novel robust stability and resiliency assessment problems of power grids subject to the uncertainty in equilibrium points and uncertainty in fault-on dynamics. Furthermore, we bring in the quadratic Lyapunov functions approach to transient stability assessment, offering real-time construction of stability/resiliency certificates and real-time stability assessment. The effectiveness of the proposed techniques is numerically illustrated on a number of IEEE test cases.
Date issued
2017-03Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical EngineeringJournal
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Thanh Long, Vu, and Konstantin Turitsyn. "A Framework for Robust Assessment of Power Grid Stability and Resiliency." Ieee Transactions on Automatic Control 62 3 (2017): 1165-77.
Version: Author's final manuscript
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0018-9286
1558-2523