Development of a novel model matching decentralized controller design algorithm and its experimental validation through load frequency controller implementation in restructured power system using TMS320F28379D controlCARD

A three-stage decentralized controller design algorithm is developed to achieve setpoint tracking and disturbance rejection in MIMO systems with communication time delay, and nonlinearities such as saturation and dead band. The first stage involves reference model formulation. The second stage comprises equating approximate generalized time moments/approximate generalized Markov parameters of closed-loop system model with reference model at certain expansion points in s-plane to obtain synthesis-like equation, concerning products of unknown controller numerator and denominator polynomials. This process yields simultaneous linear equations, whose solution provides the coefficients of the product polynomials. In the third stage, the controller parameters are extracted from the product polynomials using exact model matching. The proposed method is illustrated by designing load frequency controller in traditional and restructured power systems under scenarios like system parameter uncertainties, random load variation, and time-varying communication delays. Simulation studies reveal the efficacy of the proposed technique over existing techniques. Furthermore, the practical implementation feasibility of the decentralized controller designed for the restructured power system is validated using the TMS320F28379D controlCARD.