Title :
Understanding automatic generation control
Author :
Jaleeli, Nasser ; VanSlyck, Louis S. ; Ewart, Donald N. ; Fink, Lester H. ; Hoffmann, Arthur G.
Author_Institution :
American Electric Power Service Corp., Columbus, OH, USA
fDate :
8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe what automatic generation control (AGC) might be expected to do, and what may not be possible or expedient for it to do. The purposes and objectives of AGC are limited by physical elements involved in the process and, hence, the relevant characteristics of these elements are described. For reasons given, it is desired that AGC act slowly and deliberately over tens of seconds or a few minutes. From a perspective of utility operations, there is no particular economic or control purpose served by speeding up the AGC action
Keywords :
electric power generation; power station computer control; automatic generation control; power stations; utility operations; Automatic control; Automatic generation control; Control systems; Force control; Frequency; Power generation economics; Power system control; Power system economics; Power system simulation; Power systems;
Journal_Title :
Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
