Simultaneous stabilisation of power systems using genetic algorithms

The paper considers the simultaneous stabilisation of a power system over a wide range of operating conditions via a single power system stabiliser using genetic algorithms. The power system operating at various loading is treated as a finite set of plants. The problem of selecting the parameters of a power system stabiliser which simultaneously stabilises this set of plants is converted to a simple optimisation problem which is solved by a genetic algorithm and an eigenvalue-based objective function. A single-machine infinite bus system is considered to demonstrate the suggested technique.