CONTENTS

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Acknowledgments 1
List of Figures ii
List of Tables vi
Synopsis vii
Chapter I Introduction 1
1.1 General 2
1.2 HVDC Control 3
1.3 The Problem 7
1.4 Necessity of Intelligent Control 11
1.5 Motivation and Problem Statement 30
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References
Capter II AC-DC System Interaction Studies 36
2.1 General 37
2.2 System Model and HVDC Dynamics 38
2.3 The Control 41
2.4 Performance Evaluation 53
2.5 Discussion 55
References 59
Appendix 2.1 60

Chapter III Design of Fuzzy & Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers for a

Two-Terminal HVDC Link 61
3.1 General 62
3.2 System Model 63
3.3 Controller Design 66
3.4 Results and Discussion 87
3.5 Conclusion 95
References 134
 Appendix 3.1 135

Chapter IV A Neural Network Based Feedback Linearising

Controller for HVDCLinks 138
4.1 General 139
4.2 System Model ,140
4.3 The Control 140
4.4 Design of The Neural Estimator 143
4.5 Procedure 146
4.6 Case Study 146
4.7 Conclusion 149
References • 156
Chapter V Design of Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers for
Multiterminal DC Systems 157
.,5.1 General 158
.5.2 System Model 159
5.3 The Control 160
5.4 Design of the Intelligent Current Regulators 163
5.5 Results and Discussion 164
5.6 Conclusion 170

References 187
Appendix 5.1 188
Chapter VI Conclusion 190
6.1 General 191
6.2 Overall Assesment 191
6.3 Future Scope 193
Publications of the Author 195
Selected copies of Publications 197