An analytic methodology to determine generators redispatch for proactive damping of critical electromechanical oscillations.

• Developing a model-based method for generation redispatch to damp oscillatory modes. • Calculation of oscillatory mode sensitivity factors in a systematic manner. • Determining the effective generators by the proposed damping ratio sensitivity index. This paper presents a model-based method for applying online proactive generators redispatch to improve damping of the critical electromechanical oscillations of power system. The proposed method comprises two stages: 1) monitoring modal characteristics of oscillatory modes in ambient condition, and 2) applying generators redispatch based on sensitivities of the critical mode to the generators active power changes using a new analytic method. An online identification method such as error feedback lattice recursive least square adaptive filter is applied for online estimation of the oscillatory modes. Then, whenever the damping ratio of an identified mode is less than a preset threshold, its sensitivities to the generators active power changes are calculated in terms of power system model parameters and power flow variables, which can be obtained via state estimation or measured directly by phasor measurement units. The formulae for calculating these sensitivity factors are developed considering 3 rd order dynamic model of synchronous generators along with excitation system and power system stabilizer, and ZIP model of loads. The resultant equations are organized as a quadratic eigenvalue problem and the sensitivity factors are calculated in a systematic manner. Nextly, the candidate generators are ranked online by a new index based on sensitivity factors. Finally, using the proposed index, the most effective generators are proactively redispatched to improve the critical mode damping before occurrence of any fault that jeopardizes the system stability. Applicability and accuracy of the proposed formulae are investigated in the IEEE 39-bus New England power system. Effectiveness of the proposed method is also confirmed with time-domain simulation and state space analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]