Impact of Dynamic Interactions Introduced by the DFIGs on Power System Electromechanical Oscillation Modes

This paper derives the index of dynamic interactions (IDI), which is the sensitivity of a power system electromechanical oscillation mode (EOM) of concern to the dynamic interactions introduced by a grid-connected double-fed induction generator (DFIG). Based on the IDI, analysis is carried out with the following generally-applicable conclusions obtained: 1) Impact of dynamic interactions introduced by the DFIG increases when wind power penetration increases; 2) as long as the frequency response of an equivalent single DFIG model approximately matches the frequency response of a wind farm around the frequency of electromechanical oscillations of concern, this equivalent dynamic model of single DFIG can be used to represent the wind farm to examine the impact of wind farm on EOMs. Furthermore, an indicator of DFIG control (IDC) is derived for comparing the impact of terminal voltage control and reactive power control implemented by the DFIG. Main merit of the IDC is the computational simplicity without need to know dynamic model of the DFIG to indicate that either the terminal voltage control or the reactive power control is more beneficial to power system stability. An example multi-machine power system with grid-connected DFIGs is presented to demonstrate and validate the analysis and conclusions made in the paper.