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Analysis and design of power systems are challenging due to ever increasing dimension of the system and also the nonlinearities involved in the system. The conventional approach is to use linear analysis tools and then investigate the nonlinear impacts by the means of computer simulations. This requires great deal of trial and error and it is not always a timely approach. In this project, we initiate a comprehensive nonlinear analysis for a single-machine infinite-bus system by studying a Hopf bifurcation in its dynamics. We use results of our nonlinear analysis to study how a capacitive compensation such as TCSC works. Subsequently, we design a nonlinear controller for a PSS to have... 

Disturbance rejection is one of the most important criteria that should be considered when designing control systems. The problem has been widely investigated and studied when the parameters of disturbance signal is known. However, there are still ongoing researches in the field when the parameters of disturbance signals are uncertain and/or varying with time. In some applications the disturbance signal can be modelled by special dynamics, e.g., step type disturbances with unknown magnitude, sinusoidal disturbances with unknown magnitude and frequency, and damped sinusoidal disturbances with unknown magnitude, frequency and damping factor. In such cases, an adaptive scheme for estimating the... 

Increase of sensitive customers to power quality has raised concerns in industries regarding requirements of quality power supply. Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) are known as efficient tools in providing reliable power supply to sensitive customer. However, in a UPS, getting a desired output requires appropriate structural implementation and successful output voltage control. On the other hand, due to the increase in sensitive loads in customers, the output power range of UPSs has increased. Consequently, design and producing high power UPSs is not economical. In addition, tendency to have high reliability power supplies disrespect of their physical locations has moved researcher... 

Design of optimal controllers for nonlinear systems and even for linear systems is one of the most important parts of the control science. In optimal controller design, our aim is to maximize or minimize some kind of cost function associated with that particular problem. Such cost functions are usually combining the overall control effort, system’s energy, or some other important specifications of the system. Explicit solution for linear quadratic controllers exists under some mild conditions such as stabilizability of the system. The solution is in the form of a full state-feedback law. But in practical problems, we may not have access to all of the system state variables. The problem can... 

A control strategy for islanded (autonomous) operation of a microgrid consisting of two Distributed Generation (DG) units is proposed in this thesis. The DG units are connected together in a radial configuration. Each DG unit utilizes a voltage-sourced converter (VSC) to interface to its dedicated load. The DG units and the loads are to operate in the islanded mode of operation. To provide autonomous operation for the microgrid, voltage and frequency of the loads should be regulated. The proposed control strategy utilizes (i) an internal oscillator for frequency control in an open loop manner and (ii) a decentralized servomechanism controller to regulate the load voltage. The microgrid is...