Robust Load Frequency Control of Two-Area Interconnected Power System Using Fuzzy-I Controller

The paper proposes a Fuzzy-I controller for optimal load frequency control (LFC) in a two-area interconnected power system. The proposed controller is composed of a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) and an integral (I) controller. To achieve a better dynamic response for the LFC, the integral controller and frequency bias parameters of the secondary loop are tuned using the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique. To boost the efficiency of the optimization, a proposed objective function using the integral of squared error (ISE) and settling time is used. A comparative study and analysis are conducted between the base system controller, optimized I controller, and the proposed controller under three different scenarios of load disturbances. The robustness of the proposed controller is shown by performing a sensitivity analysis for various system parameters and operating conditions. Moreover, the performance of the proposed controller was compared with the previous LFC approaches published in the literature. The simulation outcomes demonstrate that the proposed method has an outstanding performance. The work results are presented as time-domain simulations using MATLAB/SIMULINK tool.