A hybrid method for the optimal reactive power dispatch and the control of voltagesin an electrical energy network

Autor: Aissa Benchabira, Mounir Khiat
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Archives of Electrical Engineering, Vol vol. 68, Iss No 3, Pp 535-551 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2300-2506
DOI: 10.24425/aee.2019.129340
Popis: This paper presents the resolution of the optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD) problem and the control of voltages in an electrical energy system by using a hybrid algorithm based on the particle swarmoptimization (PSO) method and interior point method (IPM). The IPM is based on the logarithmic barrier (LB-IPM) technique while respecting the non-linear equality and inequality constraints. The particle swarmoptimization-logarithmic barrier-interior point method (PSO-LB-IPM) is used to adjust the control variables, namely the reactive powers, the generator voltages and the load controllers of the transformers, in order to ensure convergence towards a better solution with the probability of reaching the global optimum. The proposed method was first tested and validated on a two-variable mathematical function using MATLAB as a calculation and execution tool, and then it is applied to the ORPD problem to minimize the total active losses in an electrical energy network. To validate the method a testwas carried out on the IEEE electrical energy network of 57 buses.
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