Improvement of synchronous generator damping through superconducting magnetic energy storage systems

Stabilization of a synchronous generator through control of firing angle of the power converters in superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) systems is considered. An optimum strategy of the firing angle control is designed so as to eliminate the transients in minimum time. A nonlinear model of a synchronous generator, its governor and exciter systems, and an SMES system connected to the generator terminal is considered. The optimum firing angle control is derived retaining the nonlinearities of the system dynamics. Digital simulation results indicate that the proposed strategy controls the slowly growing as well as first swing instabilities very effectively