Simulated annealing for the design of power system damping controllers

A novel method for the design of power system damping controllers is proposed in this paper. The problem of selecting the controller parameters is formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem and the simulated annealing algorithm is used to solve it. By using this method, design criteria for all the controllers can be considered simultaneously. The proposed method can also be used to design controllers which are robust for a given set of operating conditions.