Optimal reactive power dispatch by chaotic biogeography based optimization

Abstract

This paper proposes a chaotic biogeography based optimization (CBBO) for solving optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD) problem. Based on biogeography based optimization (BBO) theory proposed by Dan Simon in 2008, a new artificial intelligence with full models and equations have been used to achieve the best solution for objective function of ORPD such as total power loss, voltage deviation and voltage stability index while satisying various constraints of power balance, voltage limits, transformers tap changer limits and switchable capacitor bank limits. The BBO has been enhanced its search ability by adding chaotic theory. Therefore, the proposed CBBO can obtain better solutiong quality than BBO for optimization problems. The proposed method has been tested on the IEEE-30 and IEEE-118 bus systems and the obtained results have been verified with other methods. The result comparison has indicated that the CBBO can be a promise method for dealing the ORPD problem