Load Frequency Control For Distributed Grid Power System Single Area & Multi-area System

TL;DR

This paper develops and tests decentralized load-frequency control schemes for single and multi-area power systems, incorporating renewable energy sources and evaluating robustness through simulations.

Contribution

It introduces optimal control techniques for reliable stabilization of power systems with renewable and traditional energy sources.

Findings

Control schemes demonstrate robustness in simulations

Renewable integration impacts control stability

Decentralized control improves system reliability

Abstract

This project presents decentralized control scheme for Load-Frequency Control in power System. In this era renewable energy is most promising solution to man's ever increasing energy needs. But the power production by these resources cannot be controlled unlike in thermal plants. A number of optimal control techniques are adopted to implement a reliable stabilizing controller. It is necessary to interconnect more distributed generation in power systems because of environmental concerns. Primary concern includes global environmental and energy depletion problem. A serious attempt has been undertaken aiming a investigating the load frequency control problem in a power system consisting of two power generation unit and multiple variable load units. The robustness and reliability of the various control schemes is examined through simulations. A system involving thermal plants and a hydro plant is modeled using MAT LAB 2011b.