Local Search-based Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Design of Multimachine Power System Stabilizers

Abstract

This study presents a metaheuristic method for the optimum design of multimachine Power System Stabilizers (PSSs). In the proposed method, referred to as Local Searchbased Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (LSNSGA), a local search mechanism is incorporated at the end of the second version of the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm in order to improve its convergence rate and avoid the convergence to local optima. The parameters of PSSs are tuned using LSNSGA over a wide range of operating conditions, in order to provide the best damping of critical electromechanical oscillations. Eigenvalue-based objective functions are employed in the PSS design process. Simulation results based on eigenvalue analysis and nonlinear time-domain simulation proved that the proposed controller provided competitive results compared to other metaheuristic techniques.