10.1007/s40095-021-00397-x

Multi-objective optimal power flow using a new heuristic optimization algorithm with the incorporation of renewable energy sources

  • Nagarajan Karthik*1,
  • Ayalur Krishnamoorthy Parvathy1,
  • Rajagopalan Arul2,
  • K. Padmanathan3,
  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, Tamilnadu, IN
  2. School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Campus, Chennai, Tamilnadu, IN
  3. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Agni College of Technology, Chennai, Chennai, Tamilnadu, IN

Published in Issue 2021-06-11

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Karthik, N., Parvathy, A. K., Arul, R., & Padmanathan, K. (2021). Multi-objective optimal power flow using a new heuristic optimization algorithm with the incorporation of renewable energy sources. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 12(4 (December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-021-00397-x
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Abstract

Abstract The current research study proposes a multi-objective optimal power flow (OPF) solution using a modified Interior Search Algorithm in which Levy Flight feature with two different strategies is incorporated to accelerate the convergence speed and to enhance solution quality. In traditional OPF problems, the thermal generation units alone are accounted, whereas the security challenges faced by the network are mostly ignored. In other terms, the emission needs to be significantly reduced in terms of environmental sustainability aspects. So, the electrical grid must be infused with power generated from different renewable energy sources. Consequently, the current research article proposes an approach in order to accomplish OPF through a combination of stochastic wind and solar power coupled with traditional thermal power generators in the system. The authors leveraged modified IEEE 30-bus system, IEEE 118-bus system and real-time electrical network 62-bus Indian Utility System in order to validate the Levy Interior Search Algorithm proposed in the study by incorporating renewable energy sources. During implementation, the researchers considered different factors such as network security limitations, for instance transmission line capacity, bus voltage limits and restricted operation zones for thermal units. The simulation results obtained using the proposed LISA Strategy-II algorithm are compared with the results obtained using LISA Strategy-I, ISA and other optimization algorithms reported in the literature. The results achieved from the implementation infer that the proposed method has inherently good convergence characteristic and affords better exploration of the Pareto front.

Keywords

  • Levy interior search algorithm,
  • Optimal power flow,
  • Multi-objective optimization,
  • Emission,
  • Renewable energy sources,
  • Probability density function

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