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lines. transformation.
We have chosen in this work to add random and biased
II. SIMULATION METHOD noise to the sequence components.
Fig. 3 Sensitivity analysis for calculated X to noise in sending end voltage TABLE III
using method #1 IMPEDANCE PARAMETERS CALCULATED BY METHOD #2
IV. METHOD #2: DOUBLE MEASUREMENT METHOD Quantity Actual values Calculated values Error
(%)
Two-port ABCD parameters can be used to represent the R 1.50765 1.50758 0.005%
transmission line in the most general form. The following two X 9.22047 9.22127 0.009%
equations can be derived according to Figure 2: BC 6.76748E-05 6.76559E-05 0.03%
4
Again the simulation results show that this method works Im[V S ] = Re[ A] ⋅ Im[V R ] + Im[ A] ⋅ Re[V R ]
well in the ideal conditions. We next added noise and bias + Re[ B] ⋅ Im[I R ] + Im[B ] ⋅ Re[ I R ] (24)
errors to the synchrophasor measurements to test the
Re[ I S ] = Re[C ] ⋅ Re[VR ] − Im[C ] ⋅ Im[VR ]
sensitivity of this method to noise. The results shown in TABLE
IV were obtained:
+ Re[D] ⋅ Re[I R ] − Im[D] ⋅ Im[I R ] (25)
Im[I S ] = Re[C ] ⋅ Im[VR ] + Im[C ] ⋅ Re[VR ]
TABLE IV
PERFORMANCE OF METHOD #2 WHEN NOISE AND BIAS ERROR + Re[D] ⋅ Re[I R ] + Im[D] ⋅ Re[ I R ] (26)
APPEAR IN THE MEASUREMENTS where Re(.) and Im(.) yield the real and imaginary part of the
input argument, respectively.
Calculated Calculated Calculated We collectively write these four equations into the matrix
R X BC format and get:
Bias VS A A U ⎡Re[VS ]⎤ ⎡Re[V R ] − Im[V R ] Re[ I R ] − Im[I R ]⎤
error A A U ⎢ Im[V ]⎥ = ⎢ Im[V ] Re[V ] Im[I ] Re[ I ] ⎥
VR ⎣ S ⎦ ⎣ R R R R ⎦
in
IS A A A ⎡Re[ A]⎤
⎢ Im[ A]⎥
A A A
IR ⋅⎢ ⎥ (27)
⎢Re[ B]⎥
Random VS U U U
⎢ ⎥
noise
VR U U U ⎣ Im[B]⎦
in
IS A A A ⎡Re[ I S ]⎤ ⎡Re[VR ] − Im[V R ] Re[ I R ] − Im[ I R ]⎤
⎢ Im[I ]⎥ = ⎢ Im[V ] Re[V ] Im[I ] Re[ I ] ⎥
IR U U U ⎣ S ⎦ ⎣ R R R R ⎦
these ideal conditions, this method generates very accurate Fig. 5 shows the error in the series reactance, X, as a
estimates of the impedance parameters. function of the number of redundant measurements. As
shown by Fig. 5, the calculated series reactance is fairly
TABLE V
IMPEDANCE PARAMETERS CALCULATED BY METHOD #3
accurate when 1% random noise exists in the sending end
voltage measurements provided we have a sufficient number
Quantity Actual values Calculated Error of samples. (Since sampling of PMU data is frequent and
values (%) continuous, a large number of samples are readily available.)
R 1.50765 1.5061 0.003% The calculated X values are well within the 10% error band
X 9.22047 9.22125 0.008% (the two straight lines in Fig. 5 denote the ± 10% error band).
BC 6.76748E-05 6.76806E-05 0.009% Compared with the double measurement method and the
single measurement method, this approach is clearly superior;
although there remains a problem with estimating the series
To test the performance of this method when noise and bias resistance.
errors exist in the synchrophasor measurements, such errors
were added to the measurements and the VI. METHOD #4: MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING
acceptability/unacceptability of the results is reported in NON-LINEAR REGRESSION
TABLE VI. The accuracy of the parameters estimated by this
method is a function of the number of data points sampled. To Method 3 uses the chain parameter description of the two-
obtain the results in TABLE VI 5600 observations sampled port transmission line model. A formulation of the problem
every 5 minutes were used. that includes the impedance parameters directly used the nodal
analysis description in (1)-(4). Combine equations (1) – (4)
TABLE VI and rewriting them into four real equations gives:
PERFORMANCE OF METHOD #3 WHEN NOISE AND BIAS ERROR 1
APPEAR IN THE MEASUREMENTS Re(VS ) − R ⋅ Re( I S ) + X ⋅ Im(I S ) − ⋅ BC ⋅ R ⋅ Im(VS )
2
Calculate Calculated Calculated 1
− ⋅ BC ⋅ X ⋅ Re(VS ) − Re(VS ) = 0 (33)
R X BC 2
Bias VS A A A 1
Im(VS ) − R ⋅ Im(I S ) − X ⋅ Re( I S ) + ⋅ BC ⋅ R ⋅ Re(VS )
error 2
VR A A A
in 1
IS A A A − ⋅ BC ⋅ X ⋅ Im(VS ) − Im(VR ) = 0 (34)
2
IR A A A 1
Re( I S ) + ⋅ BC ⋅ Im(VS ) + Re( I R )
Random VS U A A 2
noise U A A 1
VR + ⋅ BC ⋅ Im(VR ) = 0 (35)
in 2
IS A A A
1
IR A A A Im(I S ) − ⋅ BC ⋅ Re(VS ) + Im(I R )
2
U—unacceptable A—acceptable 1
− ⋅ BC ⋅ Re(VR ) = 0 (36)
2
As indicated by the table, this method works better than where Re(.) and Im(.) yield the real and imaginary part of the
either Method 1 or 2 for bias errors, which means that accurate input argument, respectively.
impedance parameters can be obtained even when there are
Let x = [ x1 , x2 , ⋅ ⋅ ⋅, x7 , x8 ] be the vector of measurements and
small bias errors in the synchrophasor measurements. When
random noise is present, estimates of the series reactance and define the following:
shunt susceptance are always acceptable; however estimates of x1 = Re(VS ) , x 2 = Im(VS ) ,
the series resistance are unacceptable when random noise is x3 = Re(I S ) , x 4 = Im(I S ) ,
present in the voltage measurements. x5 = Re(VR ) , x 6 = Im(V R ) ,
x7 = Re( I R ) , x8 = Im(I R ) .
Let θ = [θ1 ,θ 2 , θ 3 ] represent the vector of the unknown
parameters: R, X and BC , respectively.
Based on equations (33)-(36) and the definition of x and θ ,
we define the following functions respectively:
Fig. 5 Calculated series reactance when 1% noise exists in the sending end
voltage as a function of sample number using method #3
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short lines—and when the measurements are noisy— Daniel J. Tylavsky (SM’ 88) received the B.S., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. degrees
in engineering science from the Pennsylvania State University, University
traditional methods do not work well. In this paper we have
Park, in 1974, 1978, and 1982, respectively.
examined two traditional methods for estimating the From 1974 to 1976, he was with Basic Technology, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA,
transmission line parameters and proposed two new methods. and from 1978 to 198, he was an Instructor of electrical engineering at
Simulations results have also shown that unbiased noise and Pennsylvania State. In 1982, he joined the Faculty in the Electrical
Engineering Department of Arizona State University, Tempe, where he is
bias errors are very critical to the accuracy of the parameters
currently Associate Professor of engineering.
calculated. Dr. Tylavsky is a member of IEEE Power Engineering Society and
Among the four methods presented in this paper, the Industry Applications Society, and is an RCA Fellow, NASA Fellow, and
multiple measurement method using linear regression is member of Phi Eta Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi.
superior. This method has acceptable performance when
Naim Logic graduated from the University of Sarajevo, received his M. Sc.
calculating the series reactance and shunt susceptance from degree from the University of Zagreb, and Ph. D. degree from Arizona State
phasor measurements that have random noise and bias errors University.
present. However, the series resistance calculated is still very Dr. Logic was with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the
University of Sarajevo and Arizona State University. He is currently with the
sensitive to the random noise, which means small random
Power System Operations Department – Computer Applications Group of Salt
noise in the voltage phasors will cause the series resistance to River Project (SRP), Phoenix, AZ.
be out of the acceptable range (+/-20%). His research interests are in the area of power system state estimation,
In the later part of the paper, some real world challenges application of synchronized phasor measurements, and power system
reliability.
are discussed. These challenges include problems with phase
Dr. Logic is SRP’s advisor for EPRI’s (Electric Power Research Institute)
angle shifting, accommodating the influence of untransposed Situational Awareness Task Force, and a member of the Western Electric
lines with unbalanced loads and accommodating the effects of Coordinating Council (WECC) Reliability Tools Working Group. He is a
mutual coupling. Work is ongoing to investigate strategies for member of the IEEE - Power and Energy Society (PES) and the Phoenix
Chapter treasurer.
mitigating these problem as well as strategies for improving
Dr. Logic is also a registered Professional Engineer in the State of
the estimates of series resistance. Arizona.
X. REFERENCES
Di Shi was born in Jiaozuo, China, on March 29, 1985. He received the B.S.
degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2007 and is currently
pursuing the M.S. degree in electrical power engineering at Arizona State
University, Tempe.