Sampled Data Automatic Generation Control Analysis with Reheat Steam Turbines and Governor Dead-Band Effects

In this paper a systematic method of choosing the frequency bias parameter and the integrator gain of the sampled data supplementary control is presented by using the discrete version of the Lyapunov technique. The reheat effect of the steam turbines is considered in the state space model. The effect of governor dead-band nonlinearity is considered by using the describing function approach and including the linearized equations in the state space model. It is shown that the governor dead-band nonlinearity has a destabilizing effect on the transient response with deterministic and random load disturbances for purely integral ACE control. However, this destabilizing effect is reduced by proportional feedback of ACE.