Self-tuning turbine generator control for power plant

This paper describes advances in electromechanical control of power generat ion plant. It features self-tuning control techniques for automatic voltage regulation (AVR) and governor control. These are highly non-linear systems . Consideration is given to the practical realisation of the proposed algor ithms, in terms of execution speed and robustness. The algorithms are teste d on a laboratory micromachine which is a physical representation of a 500 MW generator. Industry standard hardware is used for the assessment. Result s indicate that significant improvements in regulation performance can be m ade, using currently available microcomputer based AVR and governor hardwar e, (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reserved.