Analysis on the Impact of Geomagnetic Storm on Reactive Power and Voltage in Extrahigh Voltage Power Grid

Abstract

With the growing scale of the power grid and the improvement of the voltage level, the geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) generated by geomagnetic storms has become one of the leading factors that cause large-scale power outages in power grid. Considering the global simultaneity characteristic of geomagnetic storms, this paper presents the concept of mass reactive power disturbance for the first time, analyzes the mechanism of GIC reactive power loss of transformer and reveals the mechanism of mass reactive power disturbance's influence on voltage. Finally, combined with the practical situation of 750kV EHV power grid in China, the reactive power loss and voltage distribution under the geomagnetic storms at various intensities are calculated, with the grid operating in two typical modes, and the impact of the geomagnetic storm on voltage is illustrated, which provides the theoretical basis for the study of voltage stability.