Introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network

Abstract The present work demonstrates the application of an electric spring in a multi-source interconnected power system in which coordinated control of frequency and voltage loop is investigated. A two-area power system is considered with non–linearity for the thermal power system, such as genera...

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Main Authors: Debdeep Saha, Soham Dutta
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05576-y
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description Abstract The present work demonstrates the application of an electric spring in a multi-source interconnected power system in which coordinated control of frequency and voltage loop is investigated. A two-area power system is considered with non–linearity for the thermal power system, such as generation rate constraint and governor dead band, so that the developed model is realistic. A novel cascade controller, namely a two–degree–of–freedom proportional–integral–derivative controller cascaded with a proportional–integral–derivative controller (2DOFPID–PID), is utilized for the first time for reducing the area control error to zero in both the control areas. A powerful algorithm known as the Golden Jackal Algorithm (GJA) is considered for tuning the controller parameters and achieving the minimum performance index. System dynamic responses are observed for the coordinated automatic load frequency control and automatic voltage regulator during step load perturbations and random load perturbations. Selection of the best performance index (PI) among integral of squared error (ISE), integral of time multiplied by absolute error (ITAE), integral of time multiplied by squared error (ITSE), and Integral of absolute error (IAE) proves that ITAE serves the best among others. To model an AC/DC bus, system responses are also investigated with a parallel AC/DC link that depicts satisfactory results in terms of overshoot, undershoot, and settling time. Modelling of the electric spring in the proposed system is integrated to check the terminal voltage deviation and frequency deviation, and mitigate them. Results show reduced generator terminal deviation in both the control areas. Comparison of different powerful algorithms with the proposed one infers the superiority of the proposed golden jackal algorithm with reference to the performance index vs. number of iterations.
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spelling doaj-art-640cd424ba794275b9ae9f00a015f8d52025-08-20T03:38:13ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-0115111910.1038/s41598-025-05576-yIntroducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system networkDebdeep Saha0Soham Dutta1Grid Edge Solutions, IDC, Hitachi Energy Services Pvt. LimitedDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher EducationAbstract The present work demonstrates the application of an electric spring in a multi-source interconnected power system in which coordinated control of frequency and voltage loop is investigated. A two-area power system is considered with non–linearity for the thermal power system, such as generation rate constraint and governor dead band, so that the developed model is realistic. A novel cascade controller, namely a two–degree–of–freedom proportional–integral–derivative controller cascaded with a proportional–integral–derivative controller (2DOFPID–PID), is utilized for the first time for reducing the area control error to zero in both the control areas. A powerful algorithm known as the Golden Jackal Algorithm (GJA) is considered for tuning the controller parameters and achieving the minimum performance index. System dynamic responses are observed for the coordinated automatic load frequency control and automatic voltage regulator during step load perturbations and random load perturbations. Selection of the best performance index (PI) among integral of squared error (ISE), integral of time multiplied by absolute error (ITAE), integral of time multiplied by squared error (ITSE), and Integral of absolute error (IAE) proves that ITAE serves the best among others. To model an AC/DC bus, system responses are also investigated with a parallel AC/DC link that depicts satisfactory results in terms of overshoot, undershoot, and settling time. Modelling of the electric spring in the proposed system is integrated to check the terminal voltage deviation and frequency deviation, and mitigate them. Results show reduced generator terminal deviation in both the control areas. Comparison of different powerful algorithms with the proposed one infers the superiority of the proposed golden jackal algorithm with reference to the performance index vs. number of iterations.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05576-yAutomatic generation controlCross - CouplingElectric springGolden Jackal optimizationRandom load perturbation
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Soham Dutta
Introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network
Scientific Reports
Automatic generation control
Cross - Coupling
Electric spring
Golden Jackal optimization
Random load perturbation
title Introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network
title_full Introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network
title_fullStr Introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network
title_full_unstemmed Introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network
title_short Introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network
title_sort introducing electric spring in the voltage frequency regulation of a multi area multi source integrated power system network
topic Automatic generation control
Cross - Coupling
Electric spring
Golden Jackal optimization
Random load perturbation
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05576-y
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