Power system stabilizers as undergraduate control design projects

Author

Chow, Joe H. ; Boukarim, George E. ; Murdoch, Alexander

Author_Institution

Electr., Comput., & Syst. Eng. Dept., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

Volume

19

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

151

Abstract

The use of power system stabilizers (PSS) to damp power system swing mode oscillations is of practical importance. The design of PSS is taught in graduate level courses on power system dynamics and control, and has been the topic of numerous M.S. and Ph.D. theses. This paper discusses the experience in assigning PSS projects in an undergraduate control design course to provide students with a challenging design problem using three different techniques and to expose them to power system engineering. The details of the PSS design projects using root-locus, frequency-domain, and state-space methods are provided.

Keywords

control system synthesis; design engineering; educational courses; frequency-domain analysis; power engineering education; power system control; power system stability; project engineering; root loci; state-space methods; frequency-domain compensation; graduate level courses; power system dynamics; power system engineering; power system stabilizers; power system swing mode oscillations; root-locus techniques; state-space methods; undergraduate control design course; undergraduate control design projects; Control design; Control systems; Mathematical model; Power engineering and energy; Power system control; Power system dynamics; Power system modeling; Power systems; Systems engineering and theory; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2003.821003

Filename

1266562