Solving Reactive Power Dispatch Problem Using Evolutionary Computational Algorithm

This paper presents an evolutionary computational technique for optimizing reactive power problems. In a power system our main objective is to minimize the losses of power, improve the voltage deviation, and to reduce the cost of fuel for getting the desired response in the power system and for these purposes we use the evolutionary computational algorithm. There are various variable devices including the voltage control bus, tap-changing transformer, and switchable shunt capacitor banks by which we can control the flow of reactive power. For the verification of our proposed algorithm, the simulation results are done on a standard IEEE-30 bus system. The test results indicate that the results of this proposed algorithm are better compared to other methods.

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