Event-Based Distributed Fuzzy Load Frequency Control for Multiarea Nonlinear Power Systems With Switching Topology

This article investigates the event-based distributed fuzzy load frequency control approach for nonlinear interconnected power systems under a switching topology. Specifically, nonlinear factors and uncertain parameters existing in turbine and governor dynamics are modeled and analyzed under the interval type-2 fuzzy method. New memory-based adaptive event-triggered mechanisms, whose directions and threshold parameters are dynamically updated based on the output change trend and relative output error of multiple memories, are proposed to further save network energy. Aiming at communication topology changes in multiarea power systems, a novel switched control system is established by introducing a time-varying communication matrix. Then, the system’s asymptotic stability is ensured by the piecewise Lyapunov–Krasovskii method. Furthermore, to further relax stability conditions, slack matrices are considered with the boundary information of membership functions. Finally, three-area power systems are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of proposed distributed load frequency control strategies.