Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects

This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the transient stability of grid-forming converters, considering current limitations, inertia, and damping effects. The contributions are summarized in two main aspects: First, the analysis delves into transient stability under a general voltage sag sc...

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Main Authors: Jinlei Chen, Qingyuan Gong, Yawen Zhang, Muhammad Fawad, Sheng Wang, Chuanyue Li, Jun Liang
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Published: China electric power research institute 2025-01-01
Series:CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10838227/
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Qingyuan Gong
Yawen Zhang
Muhammad Fawad
Sheng Wang
Chuanyue Li
Jun Liang
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Sheng Wang
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Jun Liang
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description This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the transient stability of grid-forming converters, considering current limitations, inertia, and damping effects. The contributions are summarized in two main aspects: First, the analysis delves into transient stability under a general voltage sag scenario for a converter subject to current limitations. When the voltage sag exceeds a critical threshold, transient instability arises, with its severity influenced by the inertia and damping coefficients within the swing equation. Second, a comprehensive evaluation of these inertia and damping effects is conducted using a model-based phase-portrait approach. This method allows for an accurate assessment of critical clearing time (CCT) and critical clearing angle (CCA) across varying inertia and damping coefficients. Leveraging data obtained from the phase portrait, an artificial neural network (ANN) method is presented to model CCT and CCA accurately. This precise estimation of CCT enables the extension of practical operation time under faults compared to conservative assessments based on equal-area criteria (EAC), thereby fully exploiting the system's low-voltage-ride-through (LVRT) and fault-ride-through (FRT) capabilities. The theoretical transient analysis and estimation method proposed in this paper are validated through PSCAD/EMTDC simulations.
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spelling doaj-art-dd32bd836faa4c6ab08d1437c85ca1412025-08-20T03:11:57ZengChina electric power research instituteCSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems2096-00422025-01-0111111210.17775/CSEEJPES.2024.0316010838227Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping EffectsJinlei Chen0Qingyuan Gong1Yawen Zhang2Muhammad Fawad3Sheng Wang4Chuanyue Li5Jun Liang6School of Engineering, Cardiff University,Cardiff,U.K.,CF24 3AASchool of Engineering, Cardiff University,Cardiff,U.K.,CF24 3AASchool of Engineering, Cardiff University,Cardiff,U.K.,CF24 3AASchool of Engineering, Cardiff University,Cardiff,U.K.,CF24 3AASchool of Engineering, Cardiff University,Cardiff,U.K.,CF24 3AASchool of Engineering, Cardiff University,Cardiff,U.K.,CF24 3AASchool of Engineering, Cardiff University,Cardiff,U.K.,CF24 3AAThis paper presents a quantitative assessment of the transient stability of grid-forming converters, considering current limitations, inertia, and damping effects. The contributions are summarized in two main aspects: First, the analysis delves into transient stability under a general voltage sag scenario for a converter subject to current limitations. When the voltage sag exceeds a critical threshold, transient instability arises, with its severity influenced by the inertia and damping coefficients within the swing equation. Second, a comprehensive evaluation of these inertia and damping effects is conducted using a model-based phase-portrait approach. This method allows for an accurate assessment of critical clearing time (CCT) and critical clearing angle (CCA) across varying inertia and damping coefficients. Leveraging data obtained from the phase portrait, an artificial neural network (ANN) method is presented to model CCT and CCA accurately. This precise estimation of CCT enables the extension of practical operation time under faults compared to conservative assessments based on equal-area criteria (EAC), thereby fully exploiting the system's low-voltage-ride-through (LVRT) and fault-ride-through (FRT) capabilities. The theoretical transient analysis and estimation method proposed in this paper are validated through PSCAD/EMTDC simulations.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10838227/Current limitationdamping effectsgrid-forming converterstransient stability analysisvirtual inertia
spellingShingle Jinlei Chen
Qingyuan Gong
Yawen Zhang
Muhammad Fawad
Sheng Wang
Chuanyue Li
Jun Liang
Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects
CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
Current limitation
damping effects
grid-forming converters
transient stability analysis
virtual inertia
title Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects
title_full Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects
title_fullStr Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects
title_full_unstemmed Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects
title_short Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects
title_sort comprehensive assessment of transient stability for grid forming converters considering current limitations inertia and damping effects
topic Current limitation
damping effects
grid-forming converters
transient stability analysis
virtual inertia
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10838227/
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