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Distributed Primary Frequency Control through Multi-Terminal HVDC Transmission Systems
This paper presents a decentralized controller for sharing primary AC
frequency control reserves through a multi-terminal HVDC grid. By using
Lyapunov arguments, the proposed controller is shown to stabilize the
equilibrium of the closed-loop system consisting of the interconnected AC and
HVDC grids, given any positive controller gains. The static control errors
resulting from the proportional controller are quantified and bounded by
analyzing the equilibrium of the closed-loop system. The proposed controller is
applied to a test grid consisting of three asynchronous AC areas interconnected
by an HVDC grid, and its effectiveness is validated through simulation
A Sub-optimal Algorithm to Synthesize Control Laws for a Network of Dynamic Agents
We study the synthesis problem of an LQR controller when the matrix describing the control law is constrained to lie in a particular vector space. Our motivation is the use of such control laws to stabilize networks of autonomous agents in a decentralized fashion; with the information flow being dictated by the constraints of a pre-specified topology. In this paper, we consider the finite-horizon version of the problem and provide both a computationally intensive optimal solution and a sub-optimal solution that is computationally more tractable. Then we apply the technique to the decentralized vehicle formation control problem and show that the loss in performance due to the use of the sub-optimal solution is not huge; however the topology can have a large effect on performance
Distributed Event-Triggered Control for Asymptotic Synchronization of Dynamical Networks
This paper studies synchronization of dynamical networks with event-based
communication. Firstly, two estimators are introduced into each node, one to
estimate its own state, and the other to estimate the average state of its
neighbours. Then, with these two estimators, a distributed event-triggering
rule (ETR) with a dwell time is designed such that the network achieves
synchronization asymptotically with no Zeno behaviours. The designed ETR only
depends on the information that each node can obtain, and thus can be
implemented in a decentralized way.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figues, 1 tabl
Distributed Output-Feedback LQG Control with Delayed Information Sharing
This paper develops a controller synthesis method for distributed LQG control
problems under output-feedback. We consider a system consisting of three
interconnected linear subsystems with a delayed information sharing structure.
While the state-feedback case has previously been solved, the extension to
output-feedback is nontrivial as the classical separation principle fails. To
find the optimal solution, the controller is decomposed into two independent
components: a centralized LQG-optimal controller under delayed state
observations, and a sum of correction terms based on additional local
information available to decision makers. Explicit discrete-time equations are
derived whose solutions are the gains of the optimal controller.Comment: 25 pages, 3 figure
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