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Title: Frequency Resilience Enhancement for Power Systems with High Penetration of Grid-Forming Inverters

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Abstract—Grid following inverter-based renewable generation has replaced conventional generation in recent years, resulting in lower system inertia. The frequency resilience in such a lower inertia system is critical for emergency mitigation. In this paper, we propose a resilience metric based on frequency recovery to quantitatively represent system resilience in terms of the rate of change of frequency. Application of grid-forming converters provides a means to improve system resilience by providing virtual inertia. An under-frequency load shedding strategy is applied to further support frequency recovery in cases with high penetration of grid-forming inverters. Case studies are designed and performed in a modified IEEE 9-bus test system using the PSCAD/EMTDC platform. Simulation results demonstrate the validity of the proposed resilience metric and the effectiveness of the strategy for reducing frequency excursion in inverter-based power systems. citation: J. Gui, H. Lei, T. R. McJunkin and B. K. Johnson, "Frequency Resilience Enhancement for Power Systems with High Penetration of Grid-Forming Inverters," 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066357.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program - see funding source.
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1983964
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-23-72180-Rev000
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, 01/16/2023 - 01/19/2023
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English