Contingency ranking in power system transient stability is a complicated and time consuming task. To prevail over this difficulty, various indices are used. These indices are based on the concept of coherency and three dot products of the system variables. It is well known that some indices work better than others for a particular power system. This paper introduces an innovative composite seve...

The capability of regulating power flow in Nigerian Grid System using UPFC is the main focus in this paper. Consequently, three control methods, namely, voltage control through shunt compensation, real power flow control through quadrature voltage injection and reactive power flow control through in-phase voltage injection for the UPFC were examined in order to improve the transient stability o...

The voltage source converter (VSC) excitation system is a novel excitation system based on pulse-width modulation (PWM) voltage source converter, which is proposed as improved alternatives to the conventional thyristor excitation systems. This paper aims to provide theoretical confirmation of power system stability enhancement by the VSC excitation system. The reactive current injected to gener...

Increasingly, the investigation of the smallsignal stability of power systems is considered an important task, complementary to the usual transient stability investigations. To study the small-signal stability of a power system, eigenvalue analysis is used. In the power systems area, studying eigenvalues does not have a history as long as that of transient stability analysis and the results are...

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In this paper, investigation is carried out for the improvement of power system stability by utilizing auxiliary controls for controlling HVDC power flow. The current controller model and the line dynamics are considered in the stability analysis. Transient stability analysis is done on a multi-machine system, where, a fuzzy logic controller is developed to improve the stability of the power sy...

Real-time or faster-than-real-time power system transient stability simulations will have signi cant impact on the future design and operations of both individual electrical utility companies and large interconnected power systems. Su ciently fast transient stability simulation implementations may signi cantly improve power system reliability which, in turn, will positively a ect electrical uti...

AbstractIn modern power system, Static Compensator (STATCOM) is used to alleviate the transient stability problem and damping power system oscillations. In this paper different STATCOM control scheme using fuzzy logic controller (FLC) and model predictive controller (MPC) for the Single Machine Infinite Bus (SMIB) system in improving transient stability is simulated using MATLAB/ Simulink in po...

Long distance AC transmission is often subject to stability problems , which limits the transmission capability.Large interconnected power systems often suffer from weakly damped swings between synchronous generators and subsystems.This paper presents two methods , based on the use of nonlinear system model , to improve transient stability and damping of power swings using UPFC. A statevariable...