Power System Voltage Stability analysis with Renewable power Integration

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find the loading limit of a power system before hitting voltage instability and to assess the margin to voltage instability of a system consisting of a wind farm. An index called Bus Apparent Power Difference Criterion (BSDC) is used to find maximum loadable point. The measure depends on the way that in the region of the voltage collapse no extra apparent power can be delivered to the affected bus. The analysis is performed combination of wind power injection at different wind speeds and line outages in the network. In the feasibility and siting studies of wind farms the steady state analysis with network contingencies give the utility or the developer a sense of network condition upon the injection of power in the network. However, the extent of voltage stability impacted due to load growth in the system is not assessed. The research paper makes way to assess the impact on voltage stability margin with obtaining the maximum loadable point of the system and assessing the best suited bus to integrate a wind farm into the system.