Anti-Windup Load Frequency Controller Design for Multi-Area Power System with Generation Rate Constraint

To deal with the problem of generation rate constraint (GRC) during load frequency control (LFC) design for a multi-area interconnected power system, this paper proposes an anti-windup controller design method. Firstly, an H ∞ dynamic controller is designed to obtain robust performance of th...

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Main Authors: Chongxin Huang, Dong Yue, Xiangpeng Xie, Jun Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/5/330
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Summary:To deal with the problem of generation rate constraint (GRC) during load frequency control (LFC) design for a multi-area interconnected power system, this paper proposes an anti-windup controller design method. Firstly, an H ∞ dynamic controller is designed to obtain robust performance of the closed-loop control system in the absence of the GRC. Then, an anti-windup compensator (AWC) is formulated to restrict the magnitude and rate of the control input (namely power increment) in the prescribed ranges so that the operation of generation unit does not exceed the physical constraints. Finally, the anti-windup LFC is tested on the multi-area interconnected power systems, and the simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed LFC design method with GRC.
ISSN:1996-1073