Inspec keywords: variable structure systems; turbogenerators; synchronous generators; nonlinear control systems; control system synthesis; control nonlinearities; adaptive control; valves; Lyapunov methods; power system transient stability; power system control

Other keywords: two-area four-machine 11-bus power system; turbine-governor system steam-valve controller; adaptive backstepping approach; control Lyapunov function; coordinated sliding mode controller; synchronous generator excitation controller; power systems convergence; CLF; nonlinear adaptive coordinated controller design; multimachine power system stability; transient stability improvement

Subjects: Control system analysis and synthesis methods; Power system control; Self-adjusting control systems; Synchronous machines; Stability in control theory; Nonlinear control systems; Control of electric power systems; Multivariable control systems