Three-Phase Synchronous Machine Governor Control Design

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This example script shows how you can linearize a Simscape™ Electrical™ model to support control system stability analysis and design. It uses example model ee_sm_governor_control_design.

The Synchronous Machine in this example operates as a generator. The machine is initialized to start in periodic steady state to supply a load of 250 MW/15 Mvar.

An alternative and recommended way to linearize Simulink® and Simscape models is to use Simulink Control Design™. Simulink Control Design linearizes your model at operating points you specify. It also returns a state-space model object with state names. If you have Simulink Control Design, open the model ee_sm_governor_control_design. On the Apps tab, under Control Systems, click Model Linearizer. In the Model Linearizer, on the Linear Analysis tab, in the Setup section, select Operating Point > Linearize At. Set the simulation snapshot time to 4 seconds, then click OK. In the Linearize section, click Bode.

Open Model

Open the model.

open_system('ee_sm_governor_control_design')
set_param(find_system('ee_sm_governor_control_design','FindAll', 'on','type','annotation','Tag','ModelFeatures'),'Interpreter','off')

Trim Model

Trim the model by running closed-loop and selecting the state at 4 seconds when generator is in steady-state.

assignin('base','ClosedLoop',1); % Close the speed-control feedback loop
[t,x,y] = sim('ee_sm_governor_control_design');
idx = find(t>4,1);
X = x(idx,:); U = y(idx);

Linearize Speed-Control Feedback Loop

Open the speed-control feedback loop, linearize the model, and close the speed-control feedback loop.

assignin('base','ClosedLoop',0); % Open the speed-control feedback loop
[a,b,c,d]=linmod('ee_sm_governor_control_design',X,U);
assignin('base','ClosedLoop',1); % Close the speed-control feedback loop

Bode Diagram

Plot the Bode diagram.

c = -c; d = -d; % Negative feedback convention
npts = 100; w = logspace(-3,5,npts); G = zeros(1,npts);
for i=1:npts
    G(i) = c*(1i*w(i)*eye(size(a))-a)^-1*b +d;
end
figure
ax1 = subplot(2,1,1);
semilogx(w,20*log10(abs(G)))
grid on
ylabel('Magnitude (dB)')
title('Bode diagram: speed-control feedback loop')
ax2 = subplot(2,1,2);
semilogx(w,180/pi*unwrap(angle(G)))
ylabel('Phase (degrees)')
xlabel('Frequency (rad/s)')
linkaxes([ax1,ax2],'x')
xlim(w([1 end]))
grid on