Control of Nonlinear Phenomena at the Inception of Voltage Collapse

Abstract

Nonlinear Phenomena, including bifurcations and chaos, occurring in power system models exhibiting voltage collapse have been the subject of several recent studies. These nonlinear phenomena have been determined to be crucial factors in the inception of voltage collapse in these models. In this paper, the problem of controlling voltage collapse in the presence of these nonlinear phenomena is addressed. The work focuses on an example power system model that has been studied in several recent papers. The bifurcation control approach is employed to modify the bifurcations and to suppress chaos. The control law is shown to result in improved performance of the system for a greater range of parameter values.