Asadur Rahman

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented automatic generation control (AGC) of an interconnected two-area hybrid thermal system with additional power generation from dish-Stirling solar thermal system (DSTS) and wind turbine system (WTS).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the load frequency control of an interconnected two-area power system under deregulated environment with area 1 as a thermal system having two generating companies and area 2 as hydro-thermal system.

TL;DR: In this article, the application of dish-Stirling solar thermal system (DSTS) in automatic generation control (AGC) of an unequal two area thermal system is discussed.

Abstract: This study exhibits the automatic generation control (AGC) of an unequal three-area thermal system having single reheat turbine, generation rate constraint, and governor dead band, in all areas. A three-degree-of-freedom proportional-integral-derivative (3DOF-PID) controller is used as secondary controller in all the areas and its dynamic performance is compared with that of classical PI, ID, and PID controllers. The controller parameters are simultaneously optimised using biogeography-based optimisation (BBO) technique, where 3DOF-PID controller outperforms the other. A hybrid pattern search BBO (hPS-BBO) technique is applied for the first time in AGC, to simultaneously optimise 3DOF-PID controller parameters. Comparison of dynamic responses corresponding to BBO and hPS-BBO optimised 3DOF-PID controller gives better performance of the latter. This is also validated with random disturbance. The considered system is checked for optimal location of interline power flow controller (IPFC) using BBO optimised 3DOF-PID controller. Observations reveal that IPFC placed between Line1 and Line3 is the optimal location. A comparatively better response is observed with hPS-BBO optimised 3DOF-PID controller parameters, having IPFC placed in its optimal location. Sensitivity analysis of the hPS-BBO optimised 3DOF-PID controller parameters is tested and found satisfactory for variations in system loading and inertia constant H .

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the automatic generation control of an unequal four-area thermal system with appropriate generation rate constraint and governor dead band (GDB) and compared the performance of several classical controllers, such as single degree-of-freedom proportional-integral-derivative (PID), 2DOF-PID, and three degree of freedom PID as secondary controllers.