Load Frequency Control in Power Systems via Internal Model Control Scheme and Model-Order Reduction

The large-scale power systems are liable to performance deterioration due to the presence of sudden small load perturbations, parameter uncertainties, structural variations, etc. Due to this, modern control aspects are extremely important in load frequency control (LFC) design of power systems. In this paper, the LFC problem is illustrated as a typical disturbance rejection as well as large-scale system control problem. For this purpose, simple approach to LFC design for the power systems having parameter uncertainty and load disturbance is proposed. The approach is based on two-degree-of-freedom, internal model control (IMC) scheme, which unifies the concept of model-order reduction like Routh and Padé approximations, and modified IMC filter design, recently developed by Liu and Gao [24]. The beauty of this paper is that in place of taking the full-order system for internal-model of IMC, a lower-order, i.e., second-order reduced system model, has been considered. This scheme achieves improved closed-loop system performance to counteract load disturbances. The proposed approach is simulated in MATLAB environment for a single-area power system consisting of single generating unit with a non-reheated turbine to highlight the efficiency and efficacy in terms of robustness and optimality.

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