Abstract

Energy transition from traditional generation sources into new renewable energy generation has become essential for facing climate changes. However, increased penetration levels of renewable energy sources (RESs) make power systems subjected to low inertia problems. Moreover, the continuously growing numbers of electric vehicles (EVs) have made the substantial need for their contribution in power systems. Therefore, this paper proposes a combined fractional-order controller using the parallel combination of tilt-integral-derivative with filter (TIDF) and hybrid fractional-order (HybFO) controllers for robust frequency regulation in interconnected power systems. The proposed controller is advantageous in combining the merits of two fractional-order controllers that result in more robust and effective load frequency control (LFC) at wide range and different types of disturbances. Furthermore, a new application of marine predator optimization algorithm (MPA) is proposed for simultaneously determining the optimum controller parameters in the different power system areas. The existing EVs contribute in performing additional functionality in power systems. EVs help in damping out the frequency and tie-line power oscillations in the proposed work. The two-area interconnected power system is selected as a case study with the installed photovoltaic (PV), and wind generations in addition to distributed EVs among areas. The obtained results show the superiority and suitability of the proposed controller over the traditional controllers in the literature. Additionally, the effectiveness of the MPA is validated and compared with recent meta-heuristic optimization algorithms.