A New Index for Quantifying Stability Adaptation Effort in Power Electronics-Dominated Power Systems Based on Frequency-Domain Impedance Identification
The increasing use of converter based resources has made stability assessment in modern power systems more challenging, particularly because many devices are available only as black box models. Conventional eigenvalue based methods require full dynamic representations, while frequency domain impedance techniques based on the Generalized Nyquist Criterion (GNC) provide stability insight but do not quantify how much a converter must be retuned to restore stability. This paper introduces the Adaptation Effort Index (AEI), a metric that measures the sensitivity of dominant modes to parameter variations and quantifies the effort required for a converter to reconfigure itself under unstable operating conditions. The AEI combines the Nyquist Stability Margin obtained from frequency domain screening with a modal sensitivity index derived from fitted state space models synthesized from black box impedance data. The method is applied to a system comprising a grid forming and a grid following converter. Results show that, although both units can be tuned to stabilize the system, the grid following converter requires significantly less adaptation effort. The AEI therefore provides a practical and model agnostic tool for identifying which converter should be reconfigured in converter dominated grids, offering valuable guidance for system operators and manufacturers.