Adaptive supervisory robust control of wide-area power system with time-varying delay

The paper uses an LMI-based iterative nonlinear optimization algorithm to establish a method of designing state-feedback controllers for power systems with a time-varying delay. This method is based on the delay-dependent stabilization conditions obtained by free weighting matrix approach. In the stabilization conditions, the upper bound of wide-area signal´s transmission delays is taken into consideration. Combining theories of state observer, the adeptive supervisory controller (ASC) is designed and time-delay output feedback robust controller is realized for power system. The ASC uses the input information from wide-area measurement systems (WAMS) and dispatches supplementary control signals to the available local controllers. Simulation study in the New England test power system confirm that the proposed ASCs can dampen power oscillation effectively and is robust to time-varying delay condition.