Adaptive Load Frequency Control in Microgrids Considering PV Sources and EVs Impacts: Applications of Hybrid Sine Cosine Optimizer and Balloon Effect Identifier Algorithms
(1) Ahmed Tawfik Hassan Mail (Aswan University, Egypt)
(2) Fahd A. Banakhr Mail (Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia)
(3) * Mohamed Metwally Mahmoud Mail (Aswan University, Egypt)
(4) Mohamed I. Mosaad Mail (Yanbu Industrial College, Egypt)
(5) Asmaa Fawzy Rashwan Mail (Aswan University, Egypt)
(6) Mohamed Roshdi Mosa Mail (Aswan University, Egypt)
(7) Mahmoud M. Hussein Mail (1) Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt. 2) Department of Communications Technology Engineering, Technical College, Imam Ja’afar Al-Sadiq University, Baghdad, 10053, Iraq)
(8) Tarek Hassan Mohamed Mail (Aswan University, Egypt)
*corresponding author

Abstract


The negative impacts of microgrids (µGs) on the load frequency highlight the importance of implementing a robust, efficient, and adaptable controller to ensure stability. This work introduces an adaptive load frequency control (LFC) for an isolated µG that includes a PV system and electric vehicles (EVs), which have a significant impact on frequency. This control utilizes a combination of sine cosine optimization (SCO) and balloon effect identifier (BEI) algorithms. The controller presented in this work transforms the LFC process into an optimization problem that is highly compatible with various random situations encountered in the control process. The suggested control method is a novel approach by utilizing SCO+BEI for adaptive LFC application, resulting in a highly efficient response. The effectiveness of the proposed adaptive controller is assessed under the conditions of 17 MW variable load, system parameters uncertainties, and installed PV systems of 6 MW.  MATLAB / Simulink package is rummage-sale as a digital test environment. According to simulation results, the proposed adaptive controller succeeds in regulating the frequency and power of an islanded µG. To measure the efficiency of the proposed control scheme, a comparison between other control techniques (such as adaptive controller using Jaya+BEI and classical integral controller) is done. The findings of the studied scenarios assured that the not compulsory control method using (SCO+BEI) has an obvious superiority over other control methods in terms of frequency solidity in case of random load instabilities and parameter uncertainties. Finally, it can be said that the proposed controller can better ensure the safe operation of the µGs.

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LFC; Microgrid; Hybrid Sine Cosine and Balloon Effect Method; Uncertainties; Green Energy

   

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