The application of ANN technique to load-frequency control for three-area power system

This paper includes an application of layered artificial neural network controller to study the load-frequency control problem in a power system. The control scheme guarantees that steady state error of frequencies and inadvertent interchange of tie-lines are maintained in a given tolerance limitation. The proposed control has been designed for a three-area interconnected power system such that two areas include steam turbines and the other area includes a hydro turbine. Only one artificial neural network (ANN) controller, which controls the inputs of each area in the power system together, is considered. In the study, a back propagation-through-time algorithm is used as a neural network learning rule. The performance of the power system is simulated by using a conventional integral controller and ANN controller, separately. By comparing the results for both cases, the performance of an ANN controller is better than conventional controllers