Open AccessOptimal Reactive Power Dispatch using Crow Search Algorithm
Author(s) -
M. Lakshmi,
Ramesh Kumar A
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of electrical and computer engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 2088-8708
DOI - 10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1423-1431
Subject(s) - ac power , minification , computer science , heuristic , electric power system , mathematical optimization , power (physics) , voltage , stability (learning theory) , control variable , control theory (sociology) , algorithm , control (management) , mathematics , engineering , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics , machine learning , electrical engineering , physics
The optimal reactive power dispatch is a kind of optimization problem that plays a very important role in the operation and control of the power system. This work presents a meta-heuristic based approach to solve the optimal reactive power dispatch problem. The proposed approach employs Crow Search algorithm to find the values for optimal setting of optimal reactive power dispatch control variables. The proposed way of approach is scrutinized and further being tested on the standard IEEE 30-bus, 57-bus and 118-bus test system with different objectives which includes the minimization of real power losses, total voltage deviation and also the enhancement of voltage stability. The simulation results procured thus indicates the supremacy of the proposed approach over the other approaches cited in the literature.