Optimal power flow calculation in hybrid power system involving solar, wind, and hydropower plant using weighted mean of vectors algorithm

Abstract

One of the most complex and motivating issues in power system is optimal power flow (OPF), which is a constrained optimization problem characterized by non-linearity and non-convexity. From these specifications, researchers competed in the past decades to find optimal solutions to OPF problem while keeping system stability. This paper presents an efficient optimization approach to deal with OPF problem in the hybrid renewable energy systems involving wind turbines, solar photovoltaic and small hydropower plant using optimization method depends on weighted mean of vectors INFO. Total generation cost, active power losses, and combined cost and emission are the principle goal, taking into account both reserve and penalty cost appropriate to over and under estimation respectively in the generation cost model. To evaluate the performance of INFO in solving OPF problem, modified IEEE 30-bus and IEEE 57-bus test systems will be utilized. The obtained results are compared with several algorithms such as Gorilla troop optimizer GTO, artificial ecosystem-based optimization AEO, Barnacles Mating Optimizer BMO for the same test systems keeping the same conditions. Simulation results have indicated the superiority of INFO while respecting all constraints. INFO can minimize total generation cost to 788.9417 $/h for IEEE 30-bus and 5259.2040 $/h for IEEE 57-bus. The results demonstrate clearly that the INFO is a highly efficient algorithm that is an encouraging tool for solving OPF problem. The promising findings highlight the potential of the INFO algorithm to smoothest the integration of RES, and its role in promoting sustainable energy solutions. Furthermore, the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, a statistical approach, was employed to evaluate the superiority of the proposed algorithm and to highlight a certain level of confidence to our study.