The use of power systems as close to their operating limits can cause instability if a disturbance is occurred. The damping of the system’s oscillations can be obtained by conventional means such as voltage and speed regulation but also by Flexible AC Transmission System devices (FACTS). These devices are increasingly used in power systems. This paper presents a systematic procedure for modelling and simulation of a single-machine infinite-bus power system installed with a Static VAR Compensator (SVC). So the impact of the SVC on power system stability can be reasonably evaluated. Genetic algorithm (GA) optimization technique is applied to design robust power system stabilizer and SVC-controllers for single-machine infinite-bus (SMIB) and is employed to search for optimal controller parameters.
Over the past two decades, power system is being operated nearer to their stability limits due to the economic and environmental reasons.
The small signal stability of power systems, especially the damping of inter-area oscillations, has become, therefore a priority [
One of the main techniques employed to improve transient stability, and voltage regulation of generators con- sists of using power system stabilizer (PSS) that provides a maximum damping of electromechanical local modes.
Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the development and use of FACTS controllers in power trans- mission systems [
These controllers utilize power electronics devices to provide more flexibility to AC power systems. The most popular type of FACTS devices in terms of application is the SVC [
In this paper, a systematic procedure for modeling, simulation and optimal tuning of PSS and SVC-controller in a SMIB power system was presented where the MATLAB/SIMULINK based model was developed and genetic algorithm (GA) was employed to design the PSS and SVC-based controller.
The design problem of PSS and SVC based controller to improve power system stability is transformed into an optimization problem. The design objective is to improve the stability of a SMIB power system by SVC and provide efficient damping of low frequency oscillations, subjected to a disturbance.
The merits of this study are summarized as follows:
In Section 2, the modeling of power system under study, which is a SMIB power system with a PSS and Static Var Compensator (SVC), is presented. The proposed controller structure is described in this section.
In Section 3, problem formulation and a short overview of GA are presented. In Section 4, we simulate the power system to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach and the role of SVC to improve transient stability. Also, we compare the results with those obtained when the stability is ensured only with PSS summa- rizes the results. Section 5 draws the conclusion.
The power system is represented by a single-machine-infinite-bus (SMIB) shown in
The complete dynamic model of alternator is 7th order.
As this model is complicated, a validated third order dynamic generator model is adopted [
The power system can be modeled by a set of nonlinear differential equations are as follows:
Single machine infinite bus
where
The generator is equipped with PSS (Power System Stabilizer) which are used in conjunction with Automatic Voltage Regulators (AVR) to damp out the oscillations.
The operating function of a PSS is to produce a proper torque on the rotor of the machine involved in such a way that the phase lag between the exciter input and the machine electrical torque is compensated. The supplementary stabilizing signal considered is one proportional to speed. The structure consists of a gain block with gain
The input signal of the proposed controller is the speed deviation
The block diagram of the PSS with excitation system is shown in this figure.
The SVC is a shunt FACTS and an important reactive compensation device. It is placed at the middle of the transmission line as shown in
SVC regulates the voltage at its terminals by controlling the amount of reactive power injected into, or ab- sorbed from the power system.
When the system voltage is low, SVC generates reactive power (capacitive mode) and when the voltage is high, it absorbs reactive power (inductive mode).
Bloc diagramm of PSS
Structure of the SVC
Thus, the main benefit of the SVC for transient stability enhancement is direct and rapid bus voltage con- trol.
The idea is to have an adjustable device impedance
Where
The fundamental component of the instantaneous current
The relationship between the firing angle
The equivalent susceptance of the SVC,
The major role of static VAC compensator is adjusting the voltage at its terminals. SVS is usually modeled by the block diagram shown in
The main controller of the tension can be proportional, integral or a combination of both actions.
The SVC dynamic regulator can be written as follows:
where
The mathematical model of SMIB system with SVC on the transmission line may be presented by the classic third order model as given by Equation (1) and the SVC model represented by the fourth one [
The electric equations for the equation the SMIB-SVC are:
Single machine system with SVC
Block diagram of the SVC controller
In the present study, a washout time constant of
The stabilizer gains
The parameters of the PSS and SVC are optimized using integral of time multiplied absolute value of the error (ITAE) as objective function:
where
Based on the objective function J optimization problem can be stated as:
The genetic algorithm (GA) has been used to solve difficult engineering problems that are complex and difficult to solve by conventional optimization methods. GA maintains and manipulates a population of solutions and implements a survival of the fittest strategy in their search for better solutions. The fittest individuals of any population tend to reproduce and survive to the next generation thus improving successive generations. The inferior individuals can also survive and reproduce.
Implementation of GA requires the determination of six fundamental issues: chromosome representation, selection function, the genetic operators, initialization, termination and evaluation function [
This section illustrates the simulation of the mathematical model containing a simple transmission system containing single generator equipped with an excitation system and power system stabilizer (PSS) and connected to an infinite bus. The utility of placing the Static VAR Compensator (SVC) at transmission line of SMIB system is to improve transient stability and power oscillation damping of the system.
The transient stability improvement for the single-machine infinite-bus power system was thoroughly esti- mated from two types of defects.
To show the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme, we compare the performance of the power system under the proposed approach and the conventional PSS whose parameters are shown in Appendix.
An alternator behavior simulation following a step change in the value of the mechanical power input is given. The simulation steps are organized as:
Step 1: The system is in pre-faulted steady state;
Step 2: A range of 0.2 p.u. pulse increase in the input mechanical power at t0 = 4 s;
Step 3: The system is in a post fault state.
Flowchart of genetic algorithm
. Optimized PSS and SVC-controller parametres for SMIB system
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The simulation results are shown in Figures 7-11.
The object of the second simulation is to verify the effect of a high amplitude perturbation.
Transient responses of the power angle
Speed variation of the generator
Evolution of the active power delivered by the generator
Evolution of the the terminal voltage of the MS Speed
The experiment consists of a three-phases short-circuit followed by the elimination of one transmission line. The simulation is performed according to the following sequences:
Step 1: The system is in pre-faulted steady state;
Step 2: A fault occurs at t0 = 15.2 s;
Step 3: The fault is cleared after t = 0.07 s by opening the breaker of the faulted line;
Step 4: The system is in a post fault state.
The simulation results are shown in Figures 12-16.
All this figures show the responses of different parameters with and without SVC.
The results of these studies show that the SVC has an excellent capability in damping power system oscillations and enhances greatly the dynamic stability of the power system. We also note that the stabilization time is minimal.
Static VAR Compensation (SVC) is a relatively new way of transient stability improvement for Power System Stabilizer (PSS) equipped power systems. This paper aims, by the present system study, to take more advantage of this reactive compensation device.
SVC voltage in p.u
Transient responses of the power angle
Speed variation of the generator
Evolution of the active power delivered by the generator
Evolution of the the terminal voltage of the MS speed
SVC voltage in p.u
In this paper, a reduced from seventh to third order modelling of the studied power system was given. Steady modelling of the SVC explains the role of this last in power generation chain. A mathematical dynamic model was also presented in a first order transfer function form.
Simulation results show clearly improvement compared to systems using only PSS. In fact, improvement touches especially generator power angle and the terminal voltage of generator which have a critical part in the sys- tem stability.
Also the results show that genetic algorithm allows to have optimal controller parameters to ensure conver- gence in a short time.
Authors of this work would like to thank University of Sfax, Tunisia and especially the research unit CMERP for providing the facilities and research grant to achieve this research and great thanks to the reviewers for their valuable comments.