A robust crow search algorithm based power system state estimation

Abstract

The State Estimation (SE) computational procedure plays a crucial role in modern electric power system security control by monitoring and analyzing operational conditions and predicting any emergency. In order to estimate state variables, Power System State Estimation (PSSE) takes into account the magnitudes and phases of voltage on each bus. To address the state estimation challenges in power systems, in this paper, we propose a novel application of the Crow Search Algorithm (CSA) specifically tailored for the state estimation problem. We have assessed the introduced algorithm using the frameworks of both the IEEE 14-bus and IEEE 30-bus test systems. The first formulation is the Weighted Least Square (WLS) method, and the second is the Weighted Least Absolute Value (WLAV) method, both of which are objective function formulations. By comparing the results, it is clear that CSA-based SE is superior to the other metaheuristic algorithms considered, namely Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and Artificial Bee Swarm Optimization (ABSO). As a point of comparison, we use the Newton–Raphson method for calculating load flow. It has been shown that the proposed CSA-based SE technique has better accuracy than the other two algorithms in all different test systems. With this study, the power system is operated more accurately and reliably by the operators operating the system.

Keywords

• Crow search algorithm
• Power systems
• State estimation