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Black Widow Optimization for Power System Load Frequency Control: A Comparative Study

Author(s): A. Jasmine Gnanamalar*, K. Balachander, V. Thiyagarajan and R. Saranya

Published In : International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research (IJEER)        Volume 11, Issue 4

Publisher : FOREX Publication

Published : 30 October 2023

e-ISSN : 2347-470X

Page(s) : 973-978

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37391/ijeer.110414

Abstract

This research paper mainly engrossed on developing a suitable novel tuning methodology named Black Widow Optimization (BWO) Algorithm for power system optimization problems. Load Frequency Control (LFC) and Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR), two of the most important control systems in the power system arena, are employed as test systems to assess the efficiency of the suggested BWO approach. Various analyses, such as transient analysis, are employed to evaluate the efficiency of the suggested BWO approach in LFC and AVR systems. robustness analysis and convergence analysis. The significant performance measures of test system such as output power of each generating unit, maximum peak, settling time, steady state error, rise time and voltage/frequency deviations of the frequency and voltage responses are considered for the comparison purposes. The comparative analysis clearly demonstrates that the proposed novel tuning methodology provides better transient performances subjected to Step Load Perturbations (SLP), Variable Load Perturbations (VLP), and robustness performances under a wide range of load and parameter changes ranging from -50% to +50%. The convergence analysis of BWO algorithm also performed in LFC and AVR test systems and results better convergence characteristics with minimal convergence time as well as least fitness value is obtained with the BWO algorithm.

Keywords: Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR), Black Widow Optimization Algorithm (BWO), Load Frequency Control (LFC), Integral Controller (I), Proportional Integral Derivative controller (PID), single-area multi- source LFC system.




A. Jasmine Gnanamalar*, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India; Email: jasmine@psncet.ac.in

K. Balachander, Associate professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Pollachi Main Road, Coimbatore-641 021

V. Thiyagarajan, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam - 603110, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

R. Saranya, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Viraganoor, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India

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A. Jasmine Gnanamalar, K. Balachander, V. Thiyagarajan and R. Saranya (2023), Black Widow Optimization for Power System Load Frequency Control: A Comparative Study. IJEER 11(4), 973-978. DOI: 10.37391/ijeer.110414.