Design and Robustness Analysis of Multiple Extended State Observer Based Controller (MESOBC) for AVR of the Power System

Automatic voltage regulator (AVR) is installed on the synchronous generators in the power system and plays a very important role in maintaining the generator output voltage besides changes in load demand, parametric uncertainties, and operating temperature. As the load is continuously varying in the system, the AVR needs controllers to track and regulate the voltage of the synchronous generator much faster. This paper shows an initial attempt to design a robust multiple extended state observer (MESO) to estimate the variation in lump disturbances (i.e., load demand and parametric uncertainties) from all the components of the AVR. MESO-based controller (MESOBC) can track such matching and mismatching of both types of irregularities and regulate the terminal voltage of the generator accordingly. MESOBC performance is matched with strong published AVR designs for a standard condition, +/- 30% load voltage variation and for simultaneous changes in AVR parameters with +/- 30% load voltage variations. Integrated square error (ISE) is chosen as an objective function to compare the output of MESOBC with other published AVR designs in view of graphical AVR responses and by calculating various numerical values for AVR responses. At last, the robustness of MESOBC is also checked through sensitivity analysis, and it is seen that MESOBC guaranteed robust performance for the AVR of the power system under diverse operating conditions.

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Automatic voltage regulator (AVR) is crucial for maintaining generator output voltage in power systems. This paper proposes a robust multiple extended state observer (MESO) to estimate disturbances from all components of AVR and a MESO-based controller (MESOBC) to regulate the terminal voltage accordingly. The performance of MESOBC is compared with other published AVR designs using integrated square error (ISE) as the objective function, and the robustness of MESOBC is verified through sensitivity analysis.