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Proactive Islanding of the Power Grid to Mitigate High-Impact Low-Frequency Events

Authors :
Biswas, Shuchismita
Bernabeu, Emanuel
Picarelli, David
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

This paper proposes a methodology for enhancing power systems resiliency by proactively splitting an interconnected grid into small self-sustaining islands in preparation for extreme events. The idea is to posture the system so that cascading outages can be bound within affected areas, preventing the propagation of disturbances to the rest of the system. This mitigation strategy will prove especially useful when advance notification of a threat is available but its nature not well understood. In our method, islands are determined using a constrained hierarchical spectral clustering technique. We further check the viability of the resultant islands using steady-state AC power flow. The performance of the approach is illustrated using a detailed PSS/E model of the heavily meshed transmission network operated by PJM Interconnection in the eastern USA. Representative cases from different seasons show that variations in power flow patterns influence island configuration.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1911.04440
Document Type :
Working Paper