Module 4 Part 3
Automatic Generation Control:
Load frequency control
Muhammad Farooque EK
AP, GEC Palakkad
• Related the dynamic response of a steam turbine in
terms of changes in power output to changes in
steam valve opening
• Figure shows a two stage steam turbine with a reheat
unit.
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• The dynamic response largely influenced by
two factors,
(i) entrained steam between the inlet steam
valve and first stage of the turbine
(ii) the storage action in the reheater which
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causes the output of the low pressures stage to
lag behind that of the high pressure stage
• Thus the turbine transfer function is characterized
by two time constants.
• For ease of analysis it will be assumed here that the
turbine can be modeled to have single equivalent
time constant.
• Figure shows the transfer function model of a steam
turbine.
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• Typically the time constant lies in the range of 0.2
to 2.5 seconds.
Generator Load Model
• The increment in power input to the generator-
load system is
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This increment in power input to the system is accounted for
in two ways :
(i) Rate of increase of stored kinetic energy in the generator rotor.
At scheduled frequency (f 0 ),
the stored energy is
Wke0 = H Pr kW
Pr = kW rating of the turbo - generator
H = inertia constant
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The kinetic energy being proportional to square of speed (frequency), the
kinetic energy at a frequency of (f 0 + f ) is given by
2
f + f
0
Wke = Wke0 0
f
2f
HPr 1 + 0
f
Rate of change of kinetic energy is therefore
d
(Wke ) = 2 HP0
r d
(f )
dt f dt
(ii) As the frequency changes, the motor load changes
being sensitive to speed, the rate of change of load
with respect to frequency, i.e. PD can be regarded
f
as nearly constant for small changes in frequency f
and can be expressed as
PD
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f = Bf
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f
Writing the power balance equation
PG − PD = 0
2 HPr d
(f ) + Bf
f dt
Dividing throughout by Pr , and rearranging,
PG ( pu ) − PD ( pu ) = 0
2H d
(f ) + B( pu )f
f dt
Taking the Laplace transform, we can write F(s) as
PG ( s ) − PD ( s )
F(s) =
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B+ 0 s
2H
f
K ps
PG ( s) − PD ( s)
1 + T ps s
2H
Tps = 0 = power system time constant \
Bf
1
K ps = = power system gain
B
K ps
PG ( s) − PD ( s)
1 + Tps s
• This can be represented in block diagram form
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Complete Block Diagram Representation of
Load Frequency Control of an Isolated Power
System
• Combining the block diagrams of Turbine, Generator,
Governor and Load.
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