A Flow Model for the Electrified Railway-Power Grid Hybrid Asymmetric Coupled System and its Linearized Method

Abstract

In mountainous regions where traction loads constitute a significant portion of a long-chain weak power grid (PG) with sustainable energy, the interaction between the traction power supply system and the PG becomes increasingly evident. The integrated power flow calculation (PFC) method and its linearized model are quite important for the PG - traction network (TN) joint planning. However, existing research on the port load characteristics of the EMUs and the connection angle characteristics of traction transformers is insufficient, and there is a lack of effective methods for PFC or linearized PFC in systems that couple the PG with the traction network. To fill this gap, this paper proposes an integrated PFC model for the AT TN - PG coupled system, along with a linearized method. Firstly, according to the relationship of the phases between the PG and the AT traction network, the node admittance matrix of the coupled system has been constructed. Then, the issue of power injection equations being unable to deal with the EMUs port load is resolved by merging the contact line node and the rail node. Subsequently, the integrated PFC equations for the coupling system are established. Next, a hybrid phase linear decoupled power flow model for the coupling system is developed, employing the correspondence between the phases of the PG and the TN, as well as the phase angle differences among various nodes and branches. Numerical simulations conducted in a specific region demonstrate the necessity of an integrated PFC for the coupled system and validate both the accuracy and efficiency of the linearized model.