Functional design for a system-wide multivariable damping controller (for power systems)

A system-wide dynamic controller is designed to improve power system damping. Multivariable control techniques, involving many machines and associated measurements and controls, are applied on a large-scale system with realistic dynamics. An iterative design method with multiple tasks is presented. It uses eigenvector-based dynamic reduction, suboptimal state space control design, reconstitution of design to full system representation, and verification. The resulting hierarchical controller is shown, with time simulations and eigenvalues, to stabilize the system for heavy power transfer without adverse side effects. >