A SVD based controller of UPFC for power flow control

Abstract Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) is a versatile Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) device that has the capability of controlling voltage, power flow, and stability of a power system. It has been reported that the control of power flow by a UPFC introduces very strong dynamic interactions between the active and reactive power flow through a line. In this paper, a singular value decomposition (SVD) based controller of UPFC is proposed to reduce or eliminate the dynamic interaction between the active and reactive power flow. The performance of the proposed SVD controller is evaluated in both ideal and practical systems. The results obtained are then compared with those found for the static decoupled (SD) and PI controllers. It is observed that the proposed SVD controller can significantly reduce the dynamic interaction between the active and reactive power flow through the line and it is achieved by decoupling the interaction between the direct and quadrature axes control variables.

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