Analytical study on possible self-excited oscillation in S-shaped regions of pump-turbines

As a renewable energy resource, the pumped storage power station has great prospects for better balancing supply and demand, particularly with further development of intermittent power sources and the growing need for an intelligent electric grid. However, pump-turbines often involve problematic S-shaped regions in their machine characteristics and thus, while pumped storage may solve some problems in the grid, pump-turbine operation and …