ON THE STABILITY OF LARGE-SCALE POWER SYSTEMS

Abstract This paper deals with the problem of transient stability of large-scale power systems by visting decomposition-aggregation techniques. In this approach based on a priori criteria, the system is decomposed to N-subsystems, the first (N— 1) subsystems described by linear model and the Nthdescribed by nonlinear model. Then each linear subsystem is reduced by aggregation techniques to an equivalent machine. Using this approach the problem of transient stability of large power systems is investigated. An algorithm for calculating the critical switching time based on this technique is proposed. The validity of this method is examined by studying large power systems of 11 machines, and the results obtained using IBM 370/165 digital computer of L.A-A.S. are reported.