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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
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
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.
Discussion On Effective Control Of Inter-Area Oscillations By Upfcs, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow
Discussion On Effective Control Of Inter-Area Oscillations By Upfcs, Mahyar Zarghami, Mariesa Crow
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The paper discusses an effective method for damping inter-area oscillations in a power network using UPFCs. This two stage method controls voltage magnitudes/angles of the two sides of the UPFC based on a linearized approach, which in turn will command modulation amplitudes and angles of the UPFC. The method is compared to a one stage linearized approach which directly commands modulation amplitudes and angles of the UPFC. Discussion on the feasibility of the method and its relation to the steady-state operation of the UPFC is also addressed.
Miso Damping Controller Design For A Tcsc Using Particle Swarm, Swakshar Ray, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Balarko Chaudhuri, Rajat Majumder
Miso Damping Controller Design For A Tcsc Using Particle Swarm, Swakshar Ray, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Balarko Chaudhuri, Rajat Majumder
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
This paper presents a new approach for designing multi-input-single-output (MISO) damping controller for a TCSC in a multi-machine power system. The damping controller design uses particle swarm optimization (PSO) to determine the coefficients of single or multi-stage lead-lag compensators. The classical technique works well in the design of lead-lag compensators for SISO controllers. But, there is no proper step-by-step procedure to achieve the desired performance characteristics for a MISO controller. Hence, in this paper, a computational optimization tool has been used to determine the optimal gains and time constants of a linear MISO damping controller. The damping controller is implemented …
Making The Power Grid More Intelligent, Salman Mohagheghi, Ronald G. Harley, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy
Making The Power Grid More Intelligent, Salman Mohagheghi, Ronald G. Harley, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Summary form only given. This paper focuses on the applications of intelligent techniques for improving the performances of the power system controllers. Intelligent control techniques lay the foundation of the next generation of nonlinear controllers and have the advantage of further improving the controller's performance by incorporating heuristics and expert knowledge into its design. Most of these techniques are independent of any mathematical model of the power system, which proves to be a considerable advantage.
Dhp-Based Wide-Area Coordinating Control Of A Power System With A Large Wind Farm And Multiple Facts Devices, Wei Qiao, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley
Dhp-Based Wide-Area Coordinating Control Of A Power System With A Large Wind Farm And Multiple Facts Devices, Wei Qiao, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Ronald G. Harley
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Wide-area coordinating control is becoming an important issue and a challenging problem in the power industry. This paper proposes a novel optimal wide-area monitor and wide-area coordinating neurocontroller (WACNC), based on wide-area measurements, for a power system with power system stabilizers, a large wind farm, and multiple flexible ac transmission system (FACTS) devices. The wide-area monitor is a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) that identifies the input-output dynamics of the nonlinear power system. Its parameters are optimized through a particle swarm optimization (PSO) based method. The WACNC is designed by using the dual heuristic programming (DHP) method and RBFNNs. …
Advanced Control And Analysis Of Cascaded Multilevel Converters Based On P-Q Compensation, Shuai Lu, Keith Corzine
Advanced Control And Analysis Of Cascaded Multilevel Converters Based On P-Q Compensation, Shuai Lu, Keith Corzine
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This paper introduces new controls for the cascaded multilevel power converter. This converter is also sometimes referred to as a ldquohybrid converterrdquo since it splits high-voltage/low-frequency and low-voltage/pulsewidth-modulation (PWM)-frequency power production between ldquobulkrdquo and ldquoconditioningrdquo converters respectively. Cascaded multilevel converters achieve higher power quality with a given switch count when compared to traditional multilevel converters. This is a particularly favorable option for high power and high performance applications such as naval ship propulsion. This paper first presents a new control method for the topology using three-level bulk and conditioning inverters connected in series through a three-phase load. This control avoids …
A Fuzzy-Pso Based Controller For A Grid Independent Photovoltaic System, Richard L. Welch, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy
A Fuzzy-Pso Based Controller For A Grid Independent Photovoltaic System, Richard L. Welch, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
This paper presents a particle swarm optimization (PSO) method for optimizing a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) for a photovoltaic (PV) grid independent system consisting of a PV collector array, a storage battery, and loads (critical and non-critical loads). PSO is used to optimize both the membership functions and the rule set in the design of the FLC. Optimizing the PV system controller yields improved performance, allowing the system to meet more of the loads and keep a higher average state of battery charge. Potential benefits of an optimized controller include lower costs through smaller system sizing and a longer battery …