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Hamiltonian Theory Based Coordinated Nonlinear Control Of Generator Excitation And Statcoms, Keyou Wang, Mariesa Crow Sep 2010

Hamiltonian Theory Based Coordinated Nonlinear Control Of Generator Excitation And Statcoms, Keyou Wang, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A coordinated controller for generator excitation and STATCOMs is studied based on the Hamiltonian function method. The Hamiltonian realization structure for multimachine power systems including STATCOMs is developed leading to a proposed coordinated scheme of excitation control and STATCOM control. Simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.


A Novel Approach To Interarea Oscillation Damping By Unified Power Flow Controllers Utilizing Ultracapacitors, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Yilu Liu, Stan Atcitty Feb 2010

A Novel Approach To Interarea Oscillation Damping By Unified Power Flow Controllers Utilizing Ultracapacitors, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Yilu Liu, Stan Atcitty

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This paper discusses a novel approach for damping interarea oscillations in a bulk power network using multiple unified power flow controllers (UPFCs) utilizing ultracapacitors, also known more generally as electrochemical capacitors (ECs). In this paper, a new control is introduced to mitigate interarea oscillations by directly controlling the UPFCs' sending and receiving bus voltages that better utilizes the stored energy in the ECs. The results of this controller are compared with and without ECs. The proposed control provides better interarea oscillation mitigation when applied to multiple UPFCs in the 118-bus IEEE test system.


An Improved Upfc Control For Oscillation Damping, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Mariesa Crow, Jianjun Guo Jan 2009

An Improved Upfc Control For Oscillation Damping, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Mariesa Crow, Jianjun Guo

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper proposes a new control approach for a unified power flow controller (UPFC) for power system oscillation damping. This control is simple to implement, yet is valid over a wide range of operating conditions. It is also effective in the presence of multiple modes of oscillation. The proposed control is implemented in several test systems and is compared against a traditional PI control.


Swarm Intelligence And Evolutionary Approaches For Reactive Power And Voltage Control, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, G. Krost, G. A. Bakare, Lisa L. Grant Sep 2008

Swarm Intelligence And Evolutionary Approaches For Reactive Power And Voltage Control, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, G. Krost, G. A. Bakare, Lisa L. Grant

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a comparison of swarm intelligence and evolutionary techniques based approaches for minimization of system losses and improvement of voltage profiles in a power network. Efficient distribution of reactive power in an electric network can be achieved by adjusting the excitation on generators, the on-load tap changer positions of transformers, and proper switching of discrete portions of inductors or capacitors. This is a mixed integer non-linear optimization problem where metaheuristics techniques have proven suitable for providing optimal solutions. Four algorithms explored in this paper include differential evolution (DE), particle swarm optimization (PSO), a hybrid combination of DE and …


Utilization And Effect Of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles In The United States Power Grid, Steven D. Jenkins, John R. Rossmaier, Mehdi Ferdowsi Sep 2008

Utilization And Effect Of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles In The United States Power Grid, Steven D. Jenkins, John R. Rossmaier, Mehdi Ferdowsi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are uniquely capable of providing both transportation and battery storage interconnection to the electric power grid. This ability allows PHEVs the possibility of serving the power grid in the capacity of a mobile energy storage unit, providing the grid with additional stability, reliability, costeffectiveness, and efficiency. Additionally, with the higher fuel efficiency of PHEVs, the transportation and power generation sectors can collectively reduce their ecologically harmful emissions and increase their reliance on environmentally friendly energy sources. These concepts are still new and under development; in this paper, the viability of the PHEV as a mobile …


Nsf Career: Scalable Learning And Adaptation With Intelligent Techniques And Neural Networks For Reconfiguration And Survivability Of Complex Systems, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy Jul 2008

Nsf Career: Scalable Learning And Adaptation With Intelligent Techniques And Neural Networks For Reconfiguration And Survivability Of Complex Systems, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The NSF CAREER program is a premier program that emphasizes the importance the foundation places on the early development of academic careers solely dedicated to stimulating the discovery process in which the excitement of research enriched by inspired teaching and enthusiastic learning. This paper describes the research and education experiences gained by the principal investigator and his research collaborators and students as a result of a NSF CAREER proposal been awarded by the power, control and adaptive networks (PCAN) program of the electrical, communications and cyber systems division, effective June 1, 2004. In addition, suggestions on writing a winning NSF …


Dsp-Based Pso Implementation For Online Optimization Of Power System Stabilizers, Parviz Palangpour, Pinaki Mitra, Swakshar Ray, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy Jun 2008

Dsp-Based Pso Implementation For Online Optimization Of Power System Stabilizers, Parviz Palangpour, Pinaki Mitra, Swakshar Ray, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Real-time implementations of controllers require optimization algorithms which can be performed quickly. In this paper, a digital signal processor (DSP) implementation of particle swarm optimization (PSO) is presented. PSO is used to optimize the parameters of two stabilizers used in a power system. The controllers and PSO are both implemented on a single DSP in a hardware-in-loop configuration. Results showing the performance and feasibility for real-time implementations of PSO are presented.


The Existence Of Multiple Equilibria In The Upfc Power Injection Model, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow Nov 2007

The Existence Of Multiple Equilibria In The Upfc Power Injection Model, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This letter shows the existence of multiple equilibria that arise from the use of the state model of the unified power flow controller (UPFC). These multiple equilibria can arise from a common power injection model for the same terminal conditions of shunt bus voltage and series active and reactive power injections. The multiple equilibria result in two or more sets of eigenvalues, some of which may indicate an unstable operating condition. Therefore, the use of the UPFC power injection model must be used with caution to ensure stable operation of the UPFC.


Comparisons Of An Adaptive Neural Network Based Controller And An Optimized Conventional Power System Stabilizer, Wenxin Liu, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Donald C. Wunsch, Mariesa Crow, Li Liu, David A. Cartes Oct 2007

Comparisons Of An Adaptive Neural Network Based Controller And An Optimized Conventional Power System Stabilizer, Wenxin Liu, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Donald C. Wunsch, Mariesa Crow, Li Liu, David A. Cartes

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Power system stabilizers are widely used to damp out the low frequency oscillations in power systems. In power system control literature, there is a lack of stability analysis for proposed controller designs. This paper proposes a Neural Network (NN) based stabilizing controller design based on a sixth order single machine infinite bus power system model. The NN is used to compensate the complex nonlinear dynamics of power system. To speed up the learning process, an adaptive signal is introduced to the NN's weights updating rule. The NN can be directly used online without offline training process. Magnitude constraint of the …


Neural Network Based Decentralized Controls Of Large Scale Power Systems, Wenxin Liu, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Mariesa Crow, Li Liu, David A. Cartes Oct 2007

Neural Network Based Decentralized Controls Of Large Scale Power Systems, Wenxin Liu, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Mariesa Crow, Li Liu, David A. Cartes

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a suite of neural network (NN) based decentralized controller designs for large scale power systems' generators, one is for the excitation control and the other is for the steam valve control. Though the control inputs are calculated using local signals, the transient and overall system stability can be guaranteed. NNs are used to approximate the unknown and/or imprecise dynamics of the local power system dynamics and the inter-connection terms, thus the requirements for exact system parameters are relaxed. Simulation studies with a three-machine power system demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller designs.


Parameter Optimization Of Pss Based On Estimated Hessian Matrix From Trajectory Sensitivities, Jung-Wook Park, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Seung-Mook Baek Aug 2007

Parameter Optimization Of Pss Based On Estimated Hessian Matrix From Trajectory Sensitivities, Jung-Wook Park, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Seung-Mook Baek

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper describes the optimal tuning for the output limits of the power system stabilizer (PSS), which can improve the system damping performance immediately following a large disturbance. The non-smooth nonlinear parameters such as the saturation limits of the PSS cannot be tuned by the conventional methods based on linear approaches. To implement the systematic optimal tuning for the output limits of the PSS, a feedforward neural network (FFNN) is applied to the hybrid system model based on the differential-algebraic-impulsive-switched (DAIS) structure. The FFNN is firstly designed to identify the trajectory sensitivities obtained from the DAIS structure. Thereafter, it estimates …


A Novel Impedance Measurement Technique For Power Electronic Systems, Peng Xiao, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Keith Corzine Jun 2007

A Novel Impedance Measurement Technique For Power Electronic Systems, Peng Xiao, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Keith Corzine

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

When designing and building power systems that contain power electronic switching sources and loads, system integrators must consider the frequency-dependent impedance characteristics at an interface to ensure system stability. Stability criteria have been developed in terms of source and load impedance for both dc and ac systems and it is often necessary to measure system impedance through experiments. Traditional injection-based impedance measurement techniques require multiple online tests which lead to many disadvantages. The impedance identification method proposed in this paper greatly reduces online test time by modeling the system with recurrent neural networks. The recurrent networks are trained with measured …


Nonlinear Modified Pi Control Of Multi-Module Gcscs In A Large Power System, Swakshar Ray, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy Oct 2006

Nonlinear Modified Pi Control Of Multi-Module Gcscs In A Large Power System, Swakshar Ray, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents the design of a new control strategy for gate-controlled series compensators (GCSCs). GCSCs are new FACTS devices which can provide active power flow control on a transmission line. Proper placement of GCSCs in proximity to generators can also provide damping to system oscillations. This paper has investigated the effectiveness of multiple multi-module gate controlled series compensators (MMGCSCs) for large power systems. MMGCSCs can be less expensive devices with wide range of control of capacitive reactance in series with transmission lines. A nonlinear modified PI (NMPI) control is developed to provide power flow control and enhanced transient stability …


Intelligent Integration Of A Wind Farm To An Utility Power Network With Improved Voltage Stability, V. K. Polisetty, Sandhya R. Jetti, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley Oct 2006

Intelligent Integration Of A Wind Farm To An Utility Power Network With Improved Voltage Stability, V. K. Polisetty, Sandhya R. Jetti, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The increasing effect of wind energy generation will influence the dynamic behavior of power systems by interacting with conventional generation and loads. Due to the inherent characteristics of wind turbines, non-uniform power production causes variations in system voltage and frequency. Therefore, a wind farm requires high reactive power compensation. Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) devices such as SVCs inject reactive power into the system which helps in maintaining a better voltage profile. This paper presents the design of a linear and a nonlinear coordinating controller between a SVC and the wind farm inverter at the point of interconnection. The performances …


The Effect Of Various Upfc Operating Points On Transient Stability, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow Sep 2006

The Effect Of Various Upfc Operating Points On Transient Stability, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, it is shown that using the power injection model for a UPFC, there exists a set of operating points for which the same amount of AC bus voltage and active/reactive series power injections can be evaluated. These various operating points are designated by different dc bus voltages (Vdc) and modulation amplitudes (k1,k2) and phases (α12). Simulations show that the dynamic behavior of a UPFC could be related to its pre-fault operating situations. The question to be answered is to verify which operating point would be the best …


Optimal Design Of Power System Stabilizers Using A Small Population Based Pso, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Tridib Kumar Das Jan 2006

Optimal Design Of Power System Stabilizers Using A Small Population Based Pso, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Tridib Kumar Das

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Power system stabilizers (PSSs) are used to generate supplementary control signals to excitation systems in order to damp out local and inter-area oscillations. In this paper, a modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with a small population is presented for the design of optimal PSSs. The small population based PSO (SPPSO) is used to determine the optimal parameters of several PSSs simultaneously in a multi-machine power system. In order to maintain a dynamic search process, the idea of particle regeneration in the population is also proposed. Optimal PSS parameters are determined for the power system subjected to small and large …


Intelligent Optimal Control Of Excitation And Turbine Systems In Power Networks, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley Jan 2006

Intelligent Optimal Control Of Excitation And Turbine Systems In Power Networks, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The increasing complexity of the modern power grid highlights the need for advanced modeling and control techniques for effective control of excitation and turbine systems. The crucial factors affecting the modern power systems today is voltage control and system stabilization during small and large disturbances. Simulation studies and real-time laboratory experimental studies carried out are described and the results show the successful control of the power system excitation and turbine systems with adaptive and optimal neurocontrol approaches. Performances of the neurocontrollers are compared with the conventional PI controllers for damping under different operating conditions for small and large disturbances.


A Neural Network Based Optimal Wide Area Control Scheme For A Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Swakshar Ray Jan 2005

A Neural Network Based Optimal Wide Area Control Scheme For A Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Swakshar Ray

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

With deregulation of the power industry, many tie lines between control areas are driven to operate near their maximum capacity, especially those serving heavy load centers. Wide area control systems (WACSs) using wide-area or global signals can provide remote auxiliary control signals to local controllers such as automatic voltage regulators, power system stabilizers, etc to damp out inter-area oscillations. This paper presents the design and the DSP implementation of a nonlinear optimal wide area controller based on adaptive critic designs and neural networks for a power system on the real-time digital simulator (RTDS©). The performance of the WACS as a …


Wide Area Power System Protection Using A Learning Vector Quantization Network, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Mahyar Zarghami Jan 2005

Wide Area Power System Protection Using A Learning Vector Quantization Network, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Mahyar Zarghami

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper presents a wide area monitoring and protection technique based on a learning vector quantization (LVQ) neural network. Phasor measurements of the power network buses are monitored continuously by a LVQ network in order to alert the control room operators of possible faults. The proposed scheme could be used in a wide area monitored network to provide remedial action when primary local protection schemes for transmission lines fail to function. This technique could also be extended to the actuation of the secondary protection schemes, hence, preserving the integrity of the power network especially when the faults are spreading over …


Bulk Power System Low Frequency Oscillation Suppression By Facts/Ess, Li Zhang, Y. Liu, Michael R. Ingram, Dale T. Bradshaw, Steve Eckroad, Mariesa Crow Oct 2004

Bulk Power System Low Frequency Oscillation Suppression By Facts/Ess, Li Zhang, Y. Liu, Michael R. Ingram, Dale T. Bradshaw, Steve Eckroad, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Low frequency oscillations in the interconnected power systems are observed all around the world. In this paper, the authors studied the inter-area mode low frequency oscillations by analyzing the phenomena in Nashville area of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system. Our study revealed 4 dynamic groups of generators in this area. Within each group, generators swing together and have the same dynamic trend. Generators from different dynamic groups swing against each other. The authors studied the possibility of using a FACTS/ESS controller to damp the low frequency oscillations in Nashville area. The active power is controlled to damp the low …


Neural Network Stabilizing Control Of Single Machine Power System With Control Limits, Wenxin Liu, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Mariesa Crow Jul 2004

Neural Network Stabilizing Control Of Single Machine Power System With Control Limits, Wenxin Liu, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Power system stabilizers are widely used to generate supplementary control signals for the excitation system in order to damp out the low frequency oscillations. This paper proposes a stable neural network (NN) controller for the stabilization of a single machine infinite bus power system. In the power system control literature, simplified analytical models are used to represent the power system and the controller designs are not based on rigorous stability analysis. This work overcomes the two major problems by using an accurate analytical model for controller development and presents the closed-loop stability analysis. The NN is used to approximate the …


Small Local Dynamic Fuzzy Logical Models For Large-Scale Power Systems, Jianjun Guo, Levent Acar, Badrul H. Chowdhury, Mariesa Crow Jun 2004

Small Local Dynamic Fuzzy Logical Models For Large-Scale Power Systems, Jianjun Guo, Levent Acar, Badrul H. Chowdhury, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In the power system stability problems the primary actors in the mathematical system model are the differential equations defining the dynamic state variables of generation and load. These differential equations are coupled together by load flow equations. Mathematically the load flow equations are nonlinear algebraic equations. These differential equations and nonlinear algebraic equations form the mathematical Differential Algebraic Equations (DAE) model for the power system. The fuzzy set theory is commonly used in analysis of dynamical nonlinear systems. In this paper, we build a set of local dynamical fuzzy logic models for the differential equations, thus transforming the differential equations …


Real-Time Dual Heuristic Programming-Based Neurocontroller For A Turbogenerator In A Multimachine Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley, Donald C. Wunsch Aug 2003

Real-Time Dual Heuristic Programming-Based Neurocontroller For A Turbogenerator In A Multimachine Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley, Donald C. Wunsch

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Based on Dual Heuristic Programming (DHP), a real-time implementation of a neurocontroller for excitation and turbine control of a turbogenerator in a multimachine power system is presented. The feedback variables are completely based on local measurements. Simulation and real-time hardware implementation on a three-machine system demonstrate that the DHP neurocontroller is much more effective than conventional PID controllers, the automatic voltage regulator, power system stabilizer and the governor, for improving dynamic performance and stability under small and large disturbances.


Dual Heuristic Programming Excitation Neurocontrol For Generators In A Multimachine Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley Jan 2003

Dual Heuristic Programming Excitation Neurocontrol For Generators In A Multimachine Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The design of nonlinear optimal neurocontrollers that replace the conventional automatic voltage regulators for excitation control of turbogenerators in a multimachine power system is presented in this paper. The neurocontroller design is based on dual heuristic programming (DHP), a powerful adaptive critic technique. The feedback variables are completely based on local measurements from the generators. Simulations on a three-machine power system demonstrate that DHP-based neurocontrol is much more effective than the conventional proportional-integral-derivative control for improving dynamic performance and stability of the power grid under small and large disturbances. This paper also shows how to design optimal multiple neurocontrollers for …


A Heuristic Dynamic Programming Based Power System Stabilizer For A Turbogenerator In A Single Machine Power System, Wenxin Liu, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch Jan 2003

A Heuristic Dynamic Programming Based Power System Stabilizer For A Turbogenerator In A Single Machine Power System, Wenxin Liu, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Power system stabilizers (PSS) are used to generate supplementary control signals for the excitation system in order to damp the low frequency power system oscillations. To overcome the drawbacks of conventional PSS (CPSS), numerous techniques have been proposed in the literature. Based on the analysis of existing techniques, a novel design of power system stabilizer (PSS) based on heuristic dynamic programming (HDP) is proposed in this paper. HDP combining the concepts of dynamic programming and reinforcement learning is used in the design of a nonlinear optimal power system stabilizer. The proposed HDP based PSS is evaluated against the conventional power …


Dynamic Performance Of A Static Synchronous Compensator With Energy Storage, Aysen Arsoy, Yilu Liu, Shen Chen, Zhiping Yang, Paul F. Ribeiro, Mariesa Crow Feb 2001

Dynamic Performance Of A Static Synchronous Compensator With Energy Storage, Aysen Arsoy, Yilu Liu, Shen Chen, Zhiping Yang, Paul F. Ribeiro, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper discusses the integration of a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) with an energy storage system in damping power oscillations. The performance of the STATCOM, a self-commutated solid-state voltage inverter, can be improved with the addition of energy storage. In this study, a 100 MJ SMES coil is connected to the voltage source inverter front-end of a STATCOM via a DC-DC chopper. The dynamics of real and reactive power responses of the integrated system to system oscillations are studied using an electromagnetic transient program PSCAD TM /EMTDC TM and the findings are presented. The results show that, depending on the …


Dual Heuristic Programming Excitation Neurocontrol For Generators In A Multimachine Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley Jan 2001

Dual Heuristic Programming Excitation Neurocontrol For Generators In A Multimachine Power System, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The design of optimal neurocontrollers that replace the conventional automatic voltage regulators for excitation control of turbogenerators in a multimachine power system is presented in this paper. The neurocontroller design is based on dual heuristic programming (DHP), a powerful adaptive critic technique. The feedback variables are completely based on local measurements from the generators. Simulations on a three-machine power system demonstrate that DHP based neurocontrol is much more effective than the conventional PID control for improving dynamic performance and stability of the power grid under small and large disturbances. This paper also shows how to design optimal multiple neurocontrollers for …


Excitation And Turbine Neurocontrol With Derivative Adaptive Critics Of Multiple Generators On The Power Grid, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley Jan 2001

Excitation And Turbine Neurocontrol With Derivative Adaptive Critics Of Multiple Generators On The Power Grid, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Based on derivative adaptive critics, neurocontrollers for excitation and turbine control of multiple generators on the electric power grid are presented. The feedback variables are completely based on local measurements. Simulations on a three-machine power system demonstrate that the neurocontrollers are much more effective than conventional PID controllers, the automatic voltage regulators and the governors, for improving the dynamic performance and stability under small and large disturbances


A Nonlinear Voltage Controller With Derivative Adaptive Critics For Multimachine Power Systems, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley Jan 2001

A Nonlinear Voltage Controller With Derivative Adaptive Critics For Multimachine Power Systems, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Based on derivative adaptive critics, a novel nonlinear optimal voltage/excitation control for a multimachine power system is presented. The feedback variables are completely based on local measurements. Simulations on a three-machine system demonstrate that the nonlinear controller is much more effective than the conventional PID controller equipped with a power system stabilizer for improving dynamic performance and stability under small and large disturbances.


The Multirate Simulation Of Facts Devices In Power System Dynamics, J. G. Chen, Mariesa Crow Feb 1996

The Multirate Simulation Of Facts Devices In Power System Dynamics, J. G. Chen, Mariesa Crow

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, the multirate method is applied to the problem of simulating the dynamics of a power system which contains fast components such as induction machine loads and FACTS devices. Results concerning the numerical stability and accuracy of the multirate method are presented. Implementation concerns are also addressed by studying an example power system which contains a wide range of time response behavior