Minimum reactive power loss optimization of power grid systems based on improved differential evolution algorithm

Abstract

Abstract With the expansion of power system scale, the operation of the power grid system has been greatly challenged. Reactive power optimization can make the power system operate safely and economically. In this paper, an improved differential evolutionary algorithm is applied to reactive power optimization of power system. We take the minimum power system loss as the objective function, the power balance condition as the equality constraint, the control variables and state variables as the inequality constraint conditions to establish the system model. Finally, IEEE30 bus and IEEE33 bus power system are selected to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.