Optimal Power Flow Solution Using the Harmony Search Algorithm

Abstract:

Inthis paper, the nonlinear optimal control problem is formulated as amulti-objective mathematical optimization problem. Harmony search (HS)algorithm is one of the new heuristic algorithms. The harmony search(HS) optimization algorithm is introduced forthe first time in solving the optimal power flow(OPF) solution. A case onoptimal power flow problem in the IEEE 30 bus system is presented to show themethodology’s feasibility and efficiency, compared with the existing optimalpower flow problem in power system methods, the search time of the HSoptimization algorithm is shorter and the result is close to the idealsolution, simultaneously.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 599-601)
• Pages: 1938-1941
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.599-601.1938
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Ping Ren*, Nan Li
• Keywords: Harmony Search Algorithm, Multi-Objective, Optimal Power Flow (OPF)

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