Decentralized Analysis Approach for Oscillation Damping in Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Heterogeneous Power Systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces a decentralized local gain condition (LGC) that ensures oscillation damping in heterogeneous inverter-based power systems by local measurements, enabling scalable and flexible damping without global system information.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel decentralized local gain condition applicable to heterogeneous IBR systems, with a scalable algorithm for parameter tuning to guarantee system-wide oscillation damping.

Findings

LGC guarantees oscillation damping in IBR-dominated systems.

The approach is agnostic to IBR dynamics and system heterogeneity.

A low-complexity algorithm facilitates scalable parameter tuning.

Abstract

This letter proposes a decentralized local gain condition (LGC) to guarantee oscillation damping in inverter-based resource (IBR)-dominated power systems. The LGC constrains the dynamic gain between each IBR and the network at its point of connection. By satisfying the LGC locally, the closed-loop poles are confined to a desired region, thereby yielding system-wide oscillation damping without requiring global information. Notably, the LGC is agnostic to different IBR dynamics, well-suited for systems with heterogeneous IBRs, and flexible to various damping requirements. Moreover, a low-complexity algorithm is proposed to parameterize LGC, providing scalable and damping-constrained parameter tuning guidance for IBRs.