Damping of low frequency electromechanical oscillations is very important for a safe system operation. The fast acting, of a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) which is capable of improving both steady state and dynamic performance permits newer approaches to system stabilization. This paper presents a novel methodology for tuning STATCOM based damping controller in order to enhance the d...

This paper uses the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique to investigate the damping control function of an Interline Power Flow Controller (IPFC) installed in a power system. For this purpose, the linearized Herffron-Phillips model of a Single-Machine Infinite Bus (SMIB) system is established and a performance index which is defined based on the system dynamics is applied as an objective...

In this paper, a direct synthesis approach to fractional order controller design Is investigated. The proposed algorithm makes use of Taylor series of both desired closed-loop and actual closed-loop transfer function which is truncated to the first five terms. FOPID Controller parameters are synthesized in order to match the closed-loop response of the plant to the desired closed-loop response....

Due to the crucial importance of the FACTS based damping controllers in mitigation the deteriorative impacts of the power system low frequency oscillations, particularly the inter-area modes, improving the system stability margins seems indispensible. This paper proposes an optimization approach to effectively carry out the multi-machine based stabilization function of the Gate-Controlled Serie...

This project proposes a novel objective function and algorithm to obtain a set of optimal power system stabilizer (PSS) parameters that include a feedback signal of a remote machine and local and remote input signal ratios for each machine in a Multi-machine power system under various operating conditions. A novel function called the damping scale is proposed and formulated as an objective func...

This paper proposes a hybrid controller scheme for enhancement of steady state stability in the presence of uncertainties in power systems. The procedure employs a robust TCSC assisted by a Fuzzy PSS designed with the uncertain model of power system. The resulting controller provides excellent damping of oscillations at low frequencies for a SMIB system. The Simulation results show the great en...

This paper considers near time-optimal setpoint tracking of a second-order oscillator. First, the time-optimal setpoint tracking feedback law is derived by recasting the problem as a regulator problem in the error coordinates with shifted control limits. This result is used to construct a derated approximation of the optimal control, PTOSω. Initially, the PTOSω is derived for a regulator contro...

In this paper we present an energy shaping control law for set-point regulation of the Chaplygin sleigh. It is well known that nonholonomic mechanical systems cannot be asymptotically stabilised using smooth control laws as they do no satisfy Brockett’s necessary condition for smooth stabilisation. Here, we propose a discontinuous control law that can be seen as a potential energy shaping and d...