Abstract

This paper presents Chaotic Search Based Artificial Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm (CSABC) for solving the optimal reactive power problem. Basic Artificial Bee Colony algorithm (ABC) has the advantages of strong robustness, fast convergence and high flexibility, fewer setting parameters, but it has the disadvantages premature convergence in the later search period and the accuracy of the optimal value which cannot meet the requirements sometimes. In this paper the Chaotic Local Search method is applied to solve the reactive power problem of global optimal value. The premature convergence issue of the Artificial Bee Colony algorithm has been improved by increasing the number of scout and rational using of the global optimal value and Chaotic Search. The proposed Chaotic Search Based Artificial Bee Colony Optimization (CSABC) algorithm has been tested in stand IEEE 30, 118- bus & practical 191 Indian utility test systems. The results show that the proposed algorithm performs well in reducing the real power loss and prevent premature convergence to high degree with rapid convergence.

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