Nonlinear Sciences > Chaotic Dynamics
[Submitted on 21 Apr 2015 (v1), last revised 14 Dec 2016 (this version, v4)]
Title:Delocalization of Phase Disturbances and the Stability of AC Electricity Grids
View PDFAbstract:The energy transition towards an increased supply of renewable energy raises concerns that existing electricity grids, built to connect few centralized large power plants with consumers, may become more difficult to control and stabilized with a rising number of decentralized small scale generators. Here, we aim to study therefore, how local phase perturbations which may be caused by local power fluctuations, affect the AC grid stability. To this end, we start from nonlinear power balance equations and map them to complex linear wave equations, yielding stationary solutions with phases $\varphi_i$ at generator and consumer sites $i$. Next, we study deviations from these stationary solutions. Starting with an initially localized perturbation, it is found to spread in a periodic grid diffusively throughout the grid. We derive the parametric dependence of diffusion constant $D$. We apply the same solution strategy to general grid topologies and analyse their stability against local perturbations. The perturbation remains either localized or becomes delocalized, depending on grid topology, power capacity and distribution of consumers and generators $P_i$. Delocalization is found to increase the lifetime of perturbations and thereby their influence on grid stability, while localization results in an exponentiallyfast decay of perturbations at all grid sites. These results may therefore lead to new strategies to control the stability of electricity grids.
Submission history
From: Stefan Kettemann [view email][v1] Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:45:02 UTC (629 KB)
[v2] Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:33:25 UTC (629 KB)
[v3] Sun, 3 Jan 2016 20:42:39 UTC (763 KB)
[v4] Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:21:10 UTC (1,086 KB)
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