Impact of High PV Penetration on the Inter-Area Oscillations in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection

You, Shutang; Kou, Gefei; Liu, Yong; Zhang, Xuemeng; Cui, Yi; Till, Micah J.; Yao, Wenxuan; Liu, Yilu

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2682260

Title: Impact of High PV Penetration on the Inter-Area Oscillations in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection

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Our study explores the impact of high-photovoltaic (PV) penetration on the inter-area oscillation modes of large-scale power grids. A series of dynamic models with various PV penetration levels are developed based on a detailed model representing the U.S. Eastern Interconnection (EI). Transient simulations are performed to investigate the change of inter-area oscillation modes with PV penetration. The impact of PV control strategies and parameter settings on inter-area oscillations is studied. This paper finds that as PV increases, the damping of the dominant oscillation mode decreases monotonically. We also observed that the mode shape varies with the PV control strategy and new oscillation modes may emerge under inappropriate parameter settings in PV plant controls.

Authors:

; Kou, Gefei;

; Zhang, Xuemeng; Cui, Yi; Till, Micah J.;

; Liu, Yilu

Publication Date:: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1352722

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1352723; OSTI ID: 1399391

Grant/Contract Number:: 30844; AC05-00OR22725; EEC-1041877

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: IEEE Access

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: IEEE Access Journal Volume: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-3536

Publisher:: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; frequency response; PV; U.S. Eastern Interconnection; case study

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                    You, Shutang, Kou, Gefei, Liu, Yong, Zhang, Xuemeng, Cui, Yi, Till, Micah J., Yao, Wenxuan, and Liu, Yilu. Impact of High PV Penetration on the Inter-Area Oscillations in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
Web.  doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2682260.

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                    You, Shutang, Kou, Gefei, Liu, Yong, Zhang, Xuemeng, Cui, Yi, Till, Micah J., Yao, Wenxuan, & Liu, Yilu. Impact of High PV Penetration on the Inter-Area Oscillations in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2682260

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                    You, Shutang, Kou, Gefei, Liu, Yong, Zhang, Xuemeng, Cui, Yi, Till, Micah J., Yao, Wenxuan, and Liu, Yilu. Sun .  
"Impact of High PV Penetration on the Inter-Area Oscillations in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2682260.

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  title        = {Impact of High PV Penetration on the Inter-Area Oscillations in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection},

  author       = {You, Shutang and Kou, Gefei and Liu, Yong and Zhang, Xuemeng and Cui, Yi and Till, Micah J. and Yao, Wenxuan and Liu, Yilu},

  abstractNote = {Our study explores the impact of high-photovoltaic (PV) penetration on the inter-area oscillation modes of large-scale power grids. A series of dynamic models with various PV penetration levels are developed based on a detailed model representing the U.S. Eastern Interconnection (EI). Transient simulations are performed to investigate the change of inter-area oscillation modes with PV penetration. The impact of PV control strategies and parameter settings on inter-area oscillations is studied. This paper finds that as PV increases, the damping of the dominant oscillation mode decreases monotonically. We also observed that the mode shape varies with the PV control strategy and new oscillation modes may emerge under inappropriate parameter settings in PV plant controls.},

  doi          = {10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2682260},

  journal      = {IEEE Access},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}

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