Solution of wind integrated thermal generation system for environmental optimal power flow using hybrid algorithm

Abstract

A new evolutionary hybrid algorithm (HA) has been proposed in this work for environmental optimal power flow (EOPF) problem. The EOPF problem has been formulated in a nonlinear constrained multi objective optimization framework. Considering the intermittency of available wind power a cost model of the wind and thermal generation system is developed. Suitably formed objective function considering the operational cost, cost of emission, real power loss and cost of installation of FACTS devices for maintaining a stable voltage in the system has been optimized with HA and compared with particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSOA) to prove its effectiveness. All the simulations are carried out in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment taking IEEE30 bus as the test system.

Keywords

• Hybrid algorithm
• Wind integration
• Optimal power flow
• Optimization