Design of Power System Stabilizer

Abstract

A power system stabilizer (PSS) installed in the excitation system of the synchronous generator improves the small-signal power system stability by damping out low frequency oscillations in the power system. It does that by providing supplementary perturbation signals in a feedback path to the alternator excitation system.
In our project we review different conventional PSS design (CPSS) techniques along with modern adaptive neuro-fuzzy design techniques. We adapt a linearized single-machine infinite bus model for design and simulation of the CPSS and the voltage regulator (AVR). We use 3 different input signals in the feedback (PSS) path namely, speed variation(w), Electrical Power (Pe), and integral of accelerating power (Pe*w), and review the results in each case.
For simulations, we use three different linear design techniques, namely, root-locus design, frequency-response design, and pole placement design; and the preferred non-linear design technique is the adaptive neuro-fuzzy based controller design.
The MATLAB package with Control System Toolbox and SIMULINK is used for the design and simulations.