Augmentation of transient stability using a superconducting coil and adaptive nonlinear control

The very nonlinear nature of the generator and system behaviour following a severe disturbance precludes the use of classical linear control techniques. In this paper, a nonlinear adaptive excitation and a thyristor-controlled superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) unit is proposed to enhance the transient stability of a power system with unknown or varying parameters like equivalent reactances of the transmission lines. The SMES unit is located near the generator bus terminal in a power system. A nonlinear feedback control law is found which linearizes and decouples the power system. An adaptive control law is used to design the controller for the generator excitation and SMES system. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed controller can ensure transient stability of a single-machine-infinite-bus system under a large sudden fault which may occur near the generator bus terminal.