Abstract

Economic operation of the electric energy generating system is one of the common problems in power system. This paper presents a new metaheuristic optimization method, the Search Group Algorithm (SGA) for solving optimal power flow (OPF) problem. The proposed method is tested for 11 different cases on the IEEE 30-bus and IEEE-118 bus systems, in which the IEEE 30-bus system is tested with different objective functions including quadratic function, valve point effects and multiple fuels. The obtained results are compared with some well-known optimization algorithms to emphasize the effectiveness of the SGA method for solving different OPF problems with complicated functions.