Adaptive control of inter-area oscillations in wind-integrated power systems using distributed parameter control methods

This paper presents a preliminary study using adaptive control theory to damp inter-area oscillations in power systems through controlling wind farm that is injecting power into the system. The power system is modeled as a distributed parameter system using a first order hyperbolic wave equation, which represents the dynamics of an aggregate rotor model for a system of coupled swing equations. A direct adaptive controller is used to stabilize the power swing in the face of disturbances using power injected from an alternate source like a wind farm.