Decentralized adaptive under frequency load shedding scheme based on load information

Abstract

The inertia of the power system changes when the generators in the system are disturbed or tripped. However, in some systems, there is no control center or communication device falling behind. It makes real-time inertia difficult to obtain and affects the adaptive under frequency load shedding (UFLS) scheme. This paper proposes an adaptive decentralized UFLS scheme based on load information to overcome this problem. First, a calculation method is derived according to the load information after the disturbance to identify the real-time of load equivalent virtual inertia. Then, the power deficit of load is estimated and the optimal adaptive load shedding scheme is obtained. Finally, compared with conventional UFLS schemes, the proposed scheme can be performed merely by load information. Hence, the requirement of communication conditions and the dependence on the control center are reduced. The simulation is carried out on the island utilizing the IEEE39-bus system. Furthermore, the accuracy of real-time identification of load equivalent virtual inertia and the validity of the load shedding scheme are verified.