Robust hydro-thermal power system controller considering Energy Capacitor System

Abstract

This article proposes a robust controller design of hydro-thermal power system considering of the thermal power plant area connected to the hydro power plant area. The automation generation control of an interconnected hydro-thermal power system with a small Energy Capacitor System (ECS) augmented to both area has been investigated. The controller is used in order to control the frequency robustly and to improve the power system stability due to the uncertainties in load change and energy capacitors in the system. The power from the load changes are introduced into the system and treated it as the uncertainty during the design process. The H-infinity loop-shaping design procedure (H-infinity LSDP) is adopted as the control design procedure in this study. The results reveal that H-infinity LSDP can achieve higher performance and more robustness compared with PID controller.