An Improved Genetic Algorithm based Power System Stabilizer for power system stabilization

This paper considers the damping of the local-mode power system oscillation using Lead-Lag power system stabilizer (PSS). Thus, a simple single-machine infinite-bus power system is used. The Lead-Lag PSS parameters are tuned using Genetic Algorithm Optimization (GAs). Simulation results are presented with and without the proposed controller. Also, a comparison study is presented when using the conventional Lead-Lag PSS, Simple Genetic Algorithm Optimization-based PSS, and when using the Improved Genetic Algorithm Optimization-based PSS. The results obtained show the significance of using improved Genetic Algorithm Optimization as compared to using conventional PSS and Simple Genetic Algorithm based PSS.