Power system contingency ranking based on the generator algebraic state variables score in dynamic security assessment

Abstract

Contingency ranking is one of the methods used in power system operations and planning to foresee the behavior of a system when there is a large disturbance in the system. Several indices have been proposed in the literature for estimating the severity of a particular contingency but mostly in the area of static security assessment. Therefore, in order to effectively capture the performance of a large power system under contingencies, dynamic security assessment (DSA) indices would be more desirable. In this paper, a score is presented with relatively less computational burden and used to determine the severity of a large disturbance in the power system for the purpose of contingency ranking. This score is formulated from the algebraic state variables that are related to the machines in a multi-machine power system modeled with differential algebraic equations (DAE). The proposed score is used with the angle stability criteria and applied on the IEEE 14-Bus test system in Matlab environment to determine the critical transmission lines in the system.