Test Cases Library of Power System Sustained Oscillations

Forced oscillation FM_1 (Back to the homepage)

In this forced oscillation case, the source of oscillations is at the governor of generator 4.


System model:

  • All the generators are in GENCLS model.
  • Parameter D for all generators equals 4.
  • All loads are in constant MVA model.

  • Small signal analysis:

  • All natural modes have reasonably good damping.
  • The system has a natural mode at 0.86Hz.

  • External force:

  • Forced oscillation is injected into the governor of generator 4 as a sinusoidal signal at frequency 0.86Hz to cause resonance.
  • The gain of the external force is 0.3 p.u.
  • Due to resonance, MW oscillations of generator 9 (which is not the source) is much larger than in generator 4 (source).

  • Mountain View

    Figure 1. Block diagram of the external force

    Mountain View

    Figure 2. WECC 179-bus power system