TY - JOUR N2 - Abstract In this paper, a multivariable model based predictive control (MPC) is proposed for the solution of load frequency control (LFC) in a multi-area interconnected power system. The proposed controller is designed to consider time delay, generation rate constraint and multivariable nature of the LFC system, simultaneously. A new formulation of the MPC is presented to compensate time delay. The generation rate constraint is considered by employing a constrained MPC and economic allocation of the generation is further guaranteed by an innovative modification in the predictive control objective function. The effectiveness of proposed scheme is verified through time-based simulations on the standard 39-bus test system and the responses are then compared with the proportional-integral controller. The evaluation of the results reveals that the proposed control scheme offers satisfactory performance with fast responses. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/104504/PDF/acsc-2016-0029.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/104504 PY - 2016 IS - No 4 DO - 10.1515/acsc-2016-0029 A1 - Sabah Daniar A1 - Mojtaba Shiroei A1 - Rahmat Aazami PB - Committee of Automatic Control and Robotics PAS DA - 2016 T1 - Multivariable predictive control considering time delay for load-frequency control in multi-area power systems UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/104504 T2 - Archives of Control Sciences ER -