Load frequency control of power system under deregulated environment using optimal firefly algorithm

• Published in: International journal of electrical power & energy systems Vol. 74; pp. 195 - 211
• Main Authors: Chandra Sekhar, G.T., Sahu, Rabindra Kumar, Baliarsingh, A.K., Panda, Sidhartha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Deregulated power system; Firefly Algorithm (FA); Generation Rate Constraint (GRC); Governor Dead Band (GDB); Load Frequency Control (LFC); Sensitivity; Sensitivity; Firefly Algorithm (FA); Load Frequency Control (LFC); Generation Rate Constraint (GRC); Governor Dead Band (GDB); Deregulated power system

•FA optimized hybrid fuzzy PIDF controller is proposed for LFC of deregulated power system.•Generation Rate Constraint and Governor Dead Band nonlinearity are considered.•Control parameters of FA are tuned by carrying out multiple runs of algorithm.•Superiority of FA is demonstrated by comparing the...