Transient stability evaluation method based on kinetic energy of postfault trajectories

It is very important to maintain supply reliability in the deregulated environment. The transient stability problem is one of the major concerns in studies of planning and operation of power systems. Time domain simulation is currently the best available tool for allowing the use of detailed models and for providing reliable results. The main limitations of this approach involve long computation times. Therefore, this paper proposes a transient stability evaluation method using minimum transient kinetic energy of postfault trajectories. This method can estimate critical clearing times with only two points of the minimum transient kinetic energy, regardless of whether the trajectories after the clearing time are stable or unstable. The validity of the proposed method is shown by simulation studies with the IEEJ EAST 10-machine 47-bus system.