Robust Power System Dynamic State Estimator with Non-Gaussian Measurement Noise: Part II--Implementation and Results

Abstract: This paper is the second of a two-part series that discusses the implementation issues and test results of a robust Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) for power system dynamic state estimation with non-Gaussian synchrophasor measurement noise. The tuning of the parameters of our Generalized Maximum-Likelihood-type robust UKF (GM-UKF) is presented and discussed in a systematic way. Using simulations carried out on the IEEE 39-bus system, its performance is evaluated under different scenarios, including i) the occurrence of two different types of noises following thick-tailed distributions, namely the Laplace or Cauchy probability distributions for real and reactive power measurements; ii) the occurrence of observation and innovation outliers; iii) the occurrence of PMU measurement losses due to communication failures; iv) cyber attacks; and v) strong system nonlinearities. It is also compared to the UKF and the Generalized Maximum-Likelihood-type robust iterated EKF (GM-IEKF). Simulation results reveal that the GM-UKF outperforms the GM-IEKF and the UKF in all scenarios considered. In particular, when the system is operating under stressed conditions, inducing system nonlinearities, the GM-IEKF and the UKF diverge while our GM-UKF does converge. In addition, when the power measurement noises obey a Cauchy distribution, our GM-UKF converges to a state estimate vector that exhibits a much higher statistical efficiency than that of the GM-IEKF; by contrast, the UKF fails to converge. Finally, potential applications and future work of the proposed GM-UKF are discussed in concluding remarks section.