Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration

The increasing penetration of renewable energy has a significant impact on the performance and reliability of the power grid. This is largely because of the uncertainty of the renewable resources and the complex nature of the power system infrastructure. This paper analyzed power grids' vulnera...

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Main Authors: Saikat Das, Zhifang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
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Online Access:http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/PDV/sci/pdfs/ZA338SI21.pdf
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description The increasing penetration of renewable energy has a significant impact on the performance and reliability of the power grid. This is largely because of the uncertainty of the renewable resources and the complex nature of the power system infrastructure. This paper analyzed power grids' vulnerability to cascading failures with respect to the penetration level of renewable energy into the grid. In this paper, a novel power balance technique is used for cascading failure analysis and power grid vulnerability measurement. The proposed approach incorporates a modified optimal power flow algorithm in the grid vulnerability analysis study which accurately reflects the most probable path of cascading failure evolution process with uncertain renewable generation. The simulation results on IEEE 118 bus system, IEEE 300 bus system and 500 bus system showed that increasing penetration of renewable energy have proportionally higher impact on grid vulnerability to cascading failures due to injection of higher uncertainties into the grid. It was also evident that after a certain level of RE penetration, some system might deteriorate rapidly and preventive measures should be taken if and when RE penetration level exceeds that limit.
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spelling doaj.art-5244fe4ff3524297b3b9ec2caedd54c62022-12-22T02:15:28ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242021-06-011932332Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables InfiltrationSaikat DasZhifang WangThe increasing penetration of renewable energy has a significant impact on the performance and reliability of the power grid. This is largely because of the uncertainty of the renewable resources and the complex nature of the power system infrastructure. This paper analyzed power grids' vulnerability to cascading failures with respect to the penetration level of renewable energy into the grid. In this paper, a novel power balance technique is used for cascading failure analysis and power grid vulnerability measurement. The proposed approach incorporates a modified optimal power flow algorithm in the grid vulnerability analysis study which accurately reflects the most probable path of cascading failure evolution process with uncertain renewable generation. The simulation results on IEEE 118 bus system, IEEE 300 bus system and 500 bus system showed that increasing penetration of renewable energy have proportionally higher impact on grid vulnerability to cascading failures due to injection of higher uncertainties into the grid. It was also evident that after a certain level of RE penetration, some system might deteriorate rapidly and preventive measures should be taken if and when RE penetration level exceeds that limit.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/PDV/sci/pdfs/ZA338SI21.pdf cascading failureac power flowoptimal power flowgrid vulnerabilityuncertainty
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Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration
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optimal power flow
grid vulnerability
uncertainty
title Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration
title_full Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration
title_fullStr Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration
title_full_unstemmed Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration
title_short Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration
title_sort power grid vulnerability analysis with rising renewables infiltration
topic cascading failure
ac power flow
optimal power flow
grid vulnerability
uncertainty
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