Design of load frequency controller for multi-area system using AI techniques

Abstract

The paper presents an adaptive Load Frequency Controller (LFC) based on a neural network for the interconnected multi-area systems. When there is an imbalance between active power generation and demand there will deviation in the frequency from the reference value. Major disturbances that lead to the variation in frequency beyond the allowable limits are variation in load demand and faults, etc. Initially PID based LFC which is a conventional controller is used to bring back the variations in frequency when there is a disturbance. But these conventional controllers will operate certain operating points only, very slow and, are less efficient for nonlinear systems. To avoid the flaws in the conventional controller the artificial intelligent controllers such as neural network and fuzzy logic controllers are designed. The three, two area, and single area systems are considered as the test systems. The response of all the test systems is observed without and with PI, fuzzy, and neural network controllers. It was observed that the neural network controller is outperforming in damping the variation in the frequency due to the disturbances.