Author(s)

A. D. Falehi, M. Rostami, Hassan Mehrjadi

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In this paper, Power System Stabilizer (PSS) and Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) are coordinated to improve the transient stability of generator in power system. Coordinated design problem of AVR and PSS is formulated as an optimization problem. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique is an advanced robust search method by the swarming or cooperative behavior of biological populations mechanism. The performance of PSO has been certified in solution of highly non-linear objectives. Thus, PSO technique has been employed to optimize the parameters of PSS and AVR in order to reduce the power system oscillations during the load changing conditions in single-machine, infinite-bus power system. The results of nonlinear simulation suggest that, by coordinated design of AVR and PSS based on PSO technique power system oscillations are exceptionally damped. Correspondingly, it’s shown that power system stability is superiorly enhanced than the uncoordinated designed of the PSS and the AVR controllers.

Power System Satiability, Coordinated Design, PSS, AVR, Particle Swarm Optimization

A. Falehi, M. Rostami and H. Mehrjadi, "Transient Stability Analysis of Power System by Coordinated PSS-AVR Design Based on PSO Technique," Engineering, Vol. 3 No. 5, 2011, pp. 478-484. doi: 10.4236/eng.2011.35055.