ELECTRIC POWER COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS, cilt.44, sa.6, ss.638-645, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Power systems contain capacitances and inductances that can initiate chaotic ferroresonance due to the non-linear operating characteristics of ferromagnetic materials, such as power transformer cores. Chaotic ferroresonance is a highly disturbing complex, non-linear phenomenon that may cause over-voltages and over-currents; hence, it can compromise regular system operation. The memristor is a non-linear passive two-terminal electricalcomponent, foreseen and introduced as the fourth ideal circuit element. In this study's novel approach, a memristive system is proposed for modeling chaotic ferroresonance in power systems. Employing the memristive circuit as the source of ferroresonance, flexible and adjustable solutions of the dynamic system can be obtained easily. The chaotic characteristic of the proposed system is verified by using a bifurcation diagram and Lyapunov exponent analysis. To reduce the effects of chaotic ferroresonance, a memristor-based system is proposed for damping chaotic oscillations of the system as a protection element. simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE) simulations have been carried out for the performance analysis of the proposed system during ferroresonance, and suppression modes are presented.