Enhancement of frequency transient response using fuzzy-PID controller considering high penetration of doubly fed induction generators

Abstract

In modern power systems, renewable-based power plant such as wind power system is integrated significantly. Among numerous types of wind power systems doubly fed induction generators (DFIG) is becoming favorable in the last few years. However, adding a wind power plant could give a new challenge to the power system, especially in frequency stability. Hence, it is important to control the frequency of the power system to be able to find its initial condition in every condition. Generally, the frequency of the power system can be controlled by using automatic generation control (AGC). AGC is used to maintain the balance between generating capacity and the load by adding integral control to the governor. However, with more and more wind power systems in the grid conventional AGC is unsuitable. Hence, it is important to have an advanced AGC based on the artificial intelligence method. This paper proposed the application of fuzzy-proportional integrator derivative (fuzzy-PID) for AGC in power systems considering the high penetration of wind power systems. From the simulation results, it is found that the proposed method can reduce the overshoot and accelerate the settling time of frequency better than using conventional AGC.