OPF of Modern Power Systems Comprising Renewable Energy Sources Using Improved CHGS Optimization Algorithm

Mohamed A. M. Shaheen, Hany M. Hasanien, Rania A. Turky, Martin Ćalasan, Ahmed F. Zobaa and Shady H. E. Abdel Aleem
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Mohamed A. M. Shaheen: Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University in Egypt, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Hany M. Hasanien: Electrical Power and Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11517, Egypt
Rania A. Turky: Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University in Egypt, Cairo 11835, Egypt
Martin Ćalasan: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Montenegro, Dzordza Vasingtona, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Ahmed F. Zobaa: Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB83 PH, UK
Shady H. E. Abdel Aleem: Electrical Engineering Department, Valley Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Science Valley Academy, Qalyubia 44971, Egypt

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-21

Abstract: This article introduces an application of the recently developed hunger games search (HGS) optimization algorithm. The HGS is combined with chaotic maps to propose a new Chaotic Hunger Games search (CHGS). It is applied to solve the optimal power flow (OPF) problem. The OPF is solved to minimize the generation costs while satisfying the systems’ constraints. Moreover, the article presents optimal siting for mixed renewable energy sources, photovoltaics, and wind farms. Furthermore, the effect of adding renewable energy sources on the overall generation costs value is investigated. The exploration field of the optimization problem is the active output power of each generator in each studied system. The CHGS also obtains the best candidate design variables, which corresponds to the minimum possible cost function value. The robustness of the introduced CHGS algorithm is verified by performing the simulation 20 independent times for two standard IEEE systems—IEEE 57-bus and 118-bus systems. The results obtained are presented and analyzed. The CHGS-based OPF was found to be competitive and superior to other optimization algorithms applied to solve the same optimization problem in the literature. The contribution of this article is to test the improvement done to the proposed method when applied to the OPF problem, as well as the study of the addition of renewable energy sources on the introduced objective function.

Keywords: modern power systems; renewable energy sources; optimization; optimal penetration; optimal power flow; smart grids (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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