Advanced Control Strategies for UPFC in Power System to Enhance Control and Stability

Abstract

The power system network is currently extremely overloaded as a result of the ongoing rise in power consumption. Additionally, due to financial and other constraints, new electricity lines cannot be installed in place of the current ones. Only with the cooperation of the power system community can the control system community run and manage the power system’s network using the current lines. To improve the power system’s performance in terms of stability and control, the control system community has been investing in and applying novel control techniques to the power system network over the past fifty years. This study proposes a hybrid control approach for the power system network installed with the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) employing switching and non-switching control strategies, following the works of the control system community. MATLAB/SIMULINK platforms are used to test the suggested controllers, and the results are compared to get the relevant conclusion.