Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Fault-tolerant control design to enhance damping of inter-area oscillations in electric power grids
Authors: Segundo Sevilla, Felix Rafael
Jaimoukha, I.
Chaudhuri, B.
Korba, Petr
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.2988
Published in: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
Volume(Issue): 24
Issue: 8-9
Page(s): 1304
Pages to: 1316
Issue Date: 20-Mar-2013
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Wiley
ISSN: 1049-8923
Language: English
Subjects: Fault-tolerant control; Regional pole placement; Simultaneous design; Power oscillation
Subject (DDC): 621.04: Energy engineering
621.3: Electrical, communications, control engineering
Abstract: In this paper, passive and active approaches for the design of fault-tolerant controllers (FTCs) are presented. The FTCs are used to improve the damping of inter-area oscillations in a power grid. The effectiveness of using a combination of local and remote (wide area) feedback signals is first demonstrated. The challenge is then to guarantee a minimum level of dynamic performance following a loss of remote signals. The designs are based on regional pole placement using linear matrix inequalities. First, a passive FTC is proposed. It is shown that the computation of the controller reduces to the solution of bilinear matrix inequalities. An iterative procedure is then used to design the controller. Next, as an alternative to active, time-varying controllers, one for each fault scenario, we propose an approach for the design of a ‘minimal switching’ FTC in which only one controller is designed, but where a simple switch is incorporated into the controller structure. A case study in a linear and nonlinear Nordic equivalent system is presented to show that the closed-loop response using a conventional control design could deteriorate the performance or even destabilize the system if the remote signals are lost and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed FTC designs.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/1773
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: School of Engineering
Organisational Unit: Institute of Energy Systems and Fluid Engineering (IEFE)
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Segundo Sevilla, F. R., Jaimoukha, I., Chaudhuri, B., & Korba, P. (2013). Fault-tolerant control design to enhance damping of inter-area oscillations in electric power grids. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 24(8-9), 1304–1316. https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.2988
Segundo Sevilla, F.R. et al. (2013) ‘Fault-tolerant control design to enhance damping of inter-area oscillations in electric power grids’, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 24(8-9), pp. 1304–1316. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.2988.
F. R. Segundo Sevilla, I. Jaimoukha, B. Chaudhuri, and P. Korba, “Fault-tolerant control design to enhance damping of inter-area oscillations in electric power grids,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 24, no. 8-9, pp. 1304–1316, Mar. 2013, doi: 10.1002/rnc.2988.
SEGUNDO SEVILLA, Felix Rafael, I. JAIMOUKHA, B. CHAUDHURI und Petr KORBA, 2013. Fault-tolerant control design to enhance damping of inter-area oscillations in electric power grids. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 20 März 2013. Bd. 24, Nr. 8-9, S. 1304–1316. DOI 10.1002/rnc.2988
Segundo Sevilla, Felix Rafael, I. Jaimoukha, B. Chaudhuri, and Petr Korba. 2013. “Fault-Tolerant Control Design to Enhance Damping of Inter-Area Oscillations in Electric Power Grids.” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control 24 (8-9): 1304–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.2988.
Segundo Sevilla, Felix Rafael, et al. “Fault-Tolerant Control Design to Enhance Damping of Inter-Area Oscillations in Electric Power Grids.” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 24, no. 8-9, Mar. 2013, pp. 1304–16, https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.2988.


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