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Title: Uncertainty Quantification in Dynamic Simulations of Large-scale Power System Models using the High-Order Probabilistic Collocation Method on Sparse Grids

Journal Article · · International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification, 4(3):185-204

This paper proposes a probabilistic collocation method (PCM) to quantify the uncertainties with dynamic simulations in power systems. The appraoch was tested on a single-machine-infinite-bus system and the over 15,000 -bus Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) system. Comparing to classic Monte-Carlo (MC) method, the proposed PCM applies the Smolyak algorithm to reduce the number of simulations that have to be performed. Therefore, the computational cost can be greatly reduced using PCM. The algorithm and procedures are described in the paper. Comparison was made with MC method on the single machine as well as the WECC system. The simulation results shows that using PCM only a small number of sparse grid points need to be sampled even when dealing with systems with a relatively large number of uncertain parameters. PCM is, therefore, computationally more efficient than MC method.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1194316
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-80162; KJ0401000
Journal Information:
International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification, 4(3):185-204, Journal Name: International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification, 4(3):185-204
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English