SMALL DISTURBANCE STABILITY
8-3
expression for the solution of the linearized system (eqn. 2.43 of Chapter 2), depending on the
initial state (the system state at the end of the assumed small disturbance), instability can be
caused by any mode out of several thousands in a large system. An evaluation of the complete
set of eigenvalues (modes) is therefore needed. For this purpose a large system can be reduced to
manageable size. When the interest lies locally, distant areas can be replaced by equivalents. For
inter-area oscillation studies, individual areas can be reduced in size by combining the machines
that swing in coherent groups.
Actually, by judiciously choosing the modeling details, a complete eigenvalue analysis of fairly
large systems can be handled by today’s computing facilities. To accomplish this, machines in
the immediate vicinity of the area under investigation can be represented in full detail. Machines
outside and adjacent to the area can be represented by the classical model, and the rest of the
system can be represented by equivalents.
State Space Representation of Power System
A power system can be represented by the following sets of differential and algebraic equations:
),(
),(
yxg0
xfx
=
&
(8.1)
After linearization the above can be expressed as
∆
∆
=
∆
y
x
AA
AA
0
x
43
21
&
(8.2)
From (8.2)
xAxAAAAx ∆=∆−=∆
−
3
1
421
&
(8.3)
Single machine-infinite bus system
Considering synchronous machine model 2 (see Chapter 5), the differential equations for the
machine internal voltages are given by
dqqq
d
qo
eixx
dt
ed
T
′
−
′
−=
′
′
)( (8.4)
qdddfd
q
do
eixxE
dt
ed
T
′
−
′
−−=
′
′
)( (8.5)
The machine voltage equations:
ddqqq
qqddd
ixiree
ixiree
′
−−
′
=
−
′
=
(8.6)
The equation of motion:
)(
2
o
o
2
2
o
ωω
ω
δ
ω
−−−=
d
em
K
TT
dt
dH
(8.7)
qddqqqdde
iixxieieT )(
+
′
=
(8.8)