Long Term Voltage Stability Enhancement by Model Predictive Control

Power system load shedding has been used as an emergency control method to prevent possible power system instability problems. In this paper, a model predictive control based load shedding scheme is proposed to enhance long term voltage stability of a power system. The main advantage of this method is the capability to handle control actions with proper time instant. A new cost function is defined for the model predictive control scheme. The proposed scheme is tested on the New England 39-bus system to validate its efficiency and effectiveness in preventing system long term voltage stability problems.