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Ferroresonance is a complex phenomenon, which can result in thermal and electrical stresses on power system equipments. It can also cause chaotic oscillations in power system. In this paper, a new method is proposed to restrict and damp ferroresonant oscillations, which is based on a new of fault current limiter (FCL). In this method in order to restrict chaotic ferroresonance oscillations, a kind of fault current limiters (FCL) is used which has been used to restrict unwanted high current flow in power system before. To study the ferroresonance nonlinear dynamics, in this paper, the chaos theory is used. By using this theory, the changes in system parameters which can cause chaotic ferroresonant oscillations, can be reviewed and analyzed in details. The behavior of the system during ferroresonance occurrence, with and without using proposed FCL, is discussed in bifurcation and phase plane diagrams. By using these diagrams, the behavioral changes of the system can be easily seen in two cases. The simulation results strongly show the effectiveness of using the proposed FCL for restricting the ferroresonant oscillations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: In this paper, control of chaos is done in presence of ferroresonant oscillations in a voltage transformer with nonlinear model of core losses. In order to control the chaotic oscillations, nonlinear adaptive approach is employed. Moreover, a Time Delay Feedback Controller (TDFC) is implemented to stabilize Unstable Periodic Orbits (UPOs). Also multiple scales method to analyze chaotic behavior and types of fixed points in ferroresonance occurrence at voltage transformers considering different types of core loss models is applied. In the literature ferroresonance phenomenon in voltage transformers is proved to be classified in chaotic dynamics systems. In this contribution, chaos occurs in the system from a sequence of Period Doubling Bifurcation (PDB). This phenomenon consists of different types of bifurcations such as Period Doubling Bifurcation (PDB), Saddle Node Bifurcation (SNB), Hopf Bifurcation (HB) and chaos. Dynamic analysis of ferroresonant circuit is performed using bifurcation theory. bifurcation diagrams and phase plane diagrams are illustrated using a continuation method for linear and nonlinear core loss models. For analyzing ferroresonance phenomenon, Lyapunov exponents are calculated using multiple scales method and feigenbaum numbers are obtained. Bifurcation diagrams illustrate variation of parameter control and as a result chaos is created and increased in the system. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]