An Optimal Robust Excitation Controller Design Considering the Uncertainties in the Exciter Parameters

Abstract

This paper develops a novel framework to design an optimal robust excitation system controller considering the uncertainties in the parameters of the model of the excitation system. The uncertainties may cause the parameter values to vary from their nominal values within a specified upper and lower limit. These uncertainties can have a significant influence on the dynamic characteristics of the power system, that is, the variations in the parameters of the excitation controller model due to the uncertainties in the parameters can cause the system to change from being stable to unstable. It is, therefore, important to design a robust excitation system controller that can ensure that irrespective of the values of the parameters within the boundary of the uncertainties, the power system will not have any variation from its stability. The proposed framework decomposes the uncertainties in the parameters of the excitation system model into two components: matched and unmatched. To eliminate the uncertainties from both components, a linear quadratic regulator problem is constructed to deal with the matched component, while an augmented control is used to cope with the unmatched component. The robustness of the resulting controller is verified using time-domain dynamic stability simulations of a single-machine test system and the IEEE 39-bus New England system.