Improving the dynamic frequency regulation of a multisource power system considering GRC and dead band with TCSC and SMES

Coordinated operation of superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) and thyristor controlled series compensator (TCSC) for dynamic frequency regulation on a multisource power system is presented in this paper. The optimal integral gains of the control areas are obtained by tuning a quadratic performance index consisting of frequency deviations and tie-line power error using integral squared error technique. The effects of generation rate constraint and governor dead band nonlinearities are also considered. Time domain simulations carried out in MATLAB on a sample two area multi-unit power system comprising hydro, thermal and gas power plants reveal that the SMES-TCSC combination can effectively damp out deviations in area frequencies and tie-line power flow following a sudden load perturbation with better transient performance and reduced settling time. Copyright © 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.