Experimental real-time voltage and frequency controllers for a synchronous generator implemented in a laboratory power system test-bed

Author

Mohammed, O.A. ; Henao, L. ; Rojas, F. ; Khan, A.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL

fYear

2008

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

3503

Lastpage

3506

Abstract

A new experiment for undergraduates showing voltage and frequency control of a small alternator for a two bus power system is introduced. Voltage and frequency controllers were designed in Simulink and implemented using dSPACE. A subsystem of the scaled down power system testbed developed at Florida International University was utilized to study the effects of varying load on the generator operating voltage and frequency. Hardware-in-the-Loop, power converter and fuzzy logic controllers were included in the experiment to underscore the importance of control systems, power electronics and application of artificial intelligence in power systems.

Keywords

control system synthesis; frequency control; fuzzy control; machine control; power convertors; power system control; real-time systems; synchronous generators; voltage regulators; Florida International University; alternator; artificial intelligence; dSPACE; frequency controllers; fuzzy logic controller; hardware-in-the-loop; laboratory power system test-bed; power converter; power electronics; real-time voltage controller; synchronous generator; two bus power system; Alternators; Control systems; Frequency control; Laboratories; Power system control; Power systems; Real time systems; Synchronous generators; System testing; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2008. IECON 2008. 34th Annual Conference of IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1767-4

Electronic_ISBN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2008.4758525

Filename

4758525