Damping Electromechanical Oscillations Using Data-Driven Control Applied to Embedded HVDC Links
摘要
In this paper, the damping of electromechanical oscillations in large power systems, which can compromise overall grid stability, is addressed. The use of a data-driven control approach, the virtual reference feedback tuning (VRFT), for designing power oscillation damping (POD) controllers applied to embedded high voltage direct current (HVDC) links, is investigated. The method is applied to a test system comprising two HVDC links and eight power plants. The dynamic performance of the designed POD controllers is evaluated in terms of controller effectiveness in damping inter-area oscillation modes and robustness to power flow changes. A conventional POD is designed for comparison with the VRFT-based POD controllers. The VRFT method is also applied to a large power system, the Brazilian Interconnected Power System (BIPS). The effectiveness and robustness of the designed POD controllers are assessed, and their performance is compared with the real POD controllers implemented at the BIPS HVDC link, based on the complete simulation model of the system provided by the Brazilian system operator.