Research Article

Application of Flower Pollination Algorithm for Solving Complex Large-Scale Power System Restoration Problem Using PDFF Controllers

Table 5

Comparative analysis with the existing systems.

ReferenceConfigurationControllerPeak overshootSettling time
ΔF1ΔF2ΔPtieΔF1 in HzΔF2 in HzΔPtie in p.u.MW

[19]Two areas nonreheat thermal power systemDE-based 2DOF-PID regulator0.01440.005980.0071111.17.213.8
[20]Two area nonreheat thermal power systemACO-based PID regulator1.1 × 10−60.00020.000129.6237.2050.41
[26]Two areas reheat thermal, hydro, gas, and nuclear power plantTLBO-based AGC system with output feedback SMC0.00164.301 × 10−48.050 × 10−51.521.541,24
[22]Two areas reheat thermal, hydro, gas, and nuclear power plantLUS-TLBO-based fuzzy PID controller0.0005510.0002190.00008265.262.962.36
ProposedTwo areas thermal-hydroPDFF with FPA20.518.635.70.2390.1470.054

The significance of the bold values given in Table 5 is that in the proposed method, settling time is much less when compared to other conventional systems.