IMECE2002-DCS-33445 DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT AUTOMATIC GENERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS

ABSTRACT The United States electric grid is a complex structure that requires high precision control of frequency and tieline power flows among different generation areas. Highly varying loads introduce a major challenge for the present automatic generation control systems. Arc furnaces, rolling mills and other large motors can create large demands on the system which result in an unsatisfactory area control error (ACE). Recent studies have shown that very-short term load prediction can be incorporated into control schemes which are then able to compensate for the highly varying demand. Using a neural network prediction of the area load a new fuzzy logic controller has been developed that adjusts the set point of the area generation to attempt to match the upcoming changes on the system. Performance of the neural-fuzzy controller in a two-area tie-line model with actual load data from a collaborating utility is demonstrated and compared with the present AGC system through simulations

Simple flow-reversible models for dynamics and control of heat exchangers.

Thesis. 1978. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING.Includes bibliographical references.M.S

Analysis and design of stirling engines for waste-heat recovery

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1981.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING.Includes bibliographical references.by Rahmatallah Shoureshi.Ph.D