Optimization the stochastic optimal reactive power dispatch with renewable energy resources using a modified dandelion algorithm

Abstract

Improvement performance of transmission systems is crucial task that can be boosted via optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD). However, the continuous variations of load demand and the power produced by the renewable energy sources (RERs) increases the complicities of solving the stochastic optimal reactive power dispatch (SORPD) solution. In this regard, a modified Dandelion Optimizer (MDO) algorithm is introduced to optimize the SORPD solution with taking into consideration the stochastic fluctuations or the random variations of the load demand and the power produced by RERs. The suggested MDO depends upon developing the searching exploration and exploitation abilities by integration of three methodologies involving the Quasi-oppositional-based-learning (QOBL), the Weibull flight motion strategy (WFM) and the fitness distance balance (FDB). The SORPD is solved for IEEE 30-bus system to reduce summation of expected power losses (SEPL) and enhance the summation of expected voltage stability (SEVS) with and without integration RERs. The uncertainties of the load demand and the power produced by the RERs are represented using Monte Carlo simulations and scenario reduction approach in which 15 scenarios are generated to model the stochastic nature of the load demand and the power produced by RERs. The simulation results reveal to that application the proposed algorithm for SORPD can reduce the SEPL and improve SEVS considerably, especially with integration of the RERs. The Comparative results demonstrate that the MDO algorithm is the best for solution the SORPD against sand cat swarm optimization (SCSO), gorilla troop optimizer (GTO), harmony search (HS), and Beluga whale optimization (BWO).