August 5, 2018
Conference Paper

Machine Learning of Factors Influencing Damping and Frequency of Dominant Inter-area Modes in the WECC Interconnect

Abstract

The stability of inter-area electromechanical oscillations are critical to power system reliability. Due to the complexities of power systems, relationships between system conditions and oscillation characteristics, such as damping and frequency, tend to be expressed only in generalities. In this study, a list of influential factors on Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) interconnect modal characteristics are identified and evaluated with advanced machine learning techniques including principal component analysis, analysis of variance, random forest feature selection, support vector machine, and artificial neural network approaches.

Revised: May 15, 2019 | Published: August 5, 2018

Citation

Hou Z., J.D. Follum, P.V. Etingov, F.K. Tuffner, D. Kosterev, and G.H. Matthews. 2018. Machine Learning of Factors Influencing Damping and Frequency of Dominant Inter-area Modes in the WECC Interconnect. In IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS 2018), June 24-28, 2018, Boise, ID, 1-6. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-130439. doi:10.1109/PMAPS.2018.8440361