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This article presents a feedback linearization based controller design methodology for a unified power flow controller to achieve rapid reference signal tracking in the internal control level. Feedback linearization is a non-linear control technique based on the differential geometry theory and overcomes the drawback of traditional linear proportional-integral control, which is typically tuned for one specific operating condition. In this article, feedback linearization control is developed for the unified power flow controller dynamic model via an appropriate coordinate transformation, and linear quadratic regulator control is then applied on the transformed linear system. The proposed control is validated via a detailed device-level simulation on an 11-bus system and a large scale simulation on the IEEE 118-bus and 300-bus systems. The proposed control is benchmarked against proportional-integral control. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A new internal STATCOM control based on feedback linearization is proposed. The feedback linearization controller is developed without any simplifying assumptions to the STATCOM model. The proposed control is validated on the IEEE 118-bus system with full-order generator and network models as opposed to a small test system. Furthermore, the proposed control is benchmarked against published results. Lastly controllability issues associated with a singularity in the feedback linearization control (FBLC) coordinate transformation is identified, and a solution is provided to avoid instability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]