Engineering research and education in power system voltage stability enhancement

Research in areas of voltage stability monitoring, assessment and control of power systems is an ongoing international activity at Howard University. The research engineering development involves real-time system parameters to compute a Voltage Stability Index (VSI) and margin, and provide advanced control schemes to mitigate the Voltage/Var problems. The strategy is based on the use of advanced measurement technologies to lay the foundations for applications of advanced optimization methods such as hybrid Fuzzy Logic Adaptive Dynamic Programming based controllers for VSI control and coordination. Thus far, the related international activities of our research and education work involve Howard University, University of Benin (Uniben) in Nigeria, and University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa (SA). Our research has developed understanding of real-time VSI using but not limited to practical power utility test data system models from both African countries.