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Article

Optimization of a Fuel Cost and Enrichment of Line Loadability for a Transmission System by Using Rapid Voltage Stability Index and Grey Wolf Algorithm Technique

by
Rambabu Muppidi
1,
Ramakrishna S. S. Nuvvula
1,
S. M. Muyeen
2,*,
SK. A. Shezan
3,4 and
Md. Fatin Ishraque
5
1
Department of Electrical and Electronics, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam 532127, India
2
Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
3
Department of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Institute of Technology, Melbourne 3008, Australia
4
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Green University of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1027, Bangladesh
5
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna 6600, Bangladesh
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2022, 14(7), 4347; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074347
Submission received: 16 February 2022 / Revised: 26 March 2022 / Accepted: 31 March 2022 / Published: 6 April 2022

Abstract

:
Efficient transmission of power is a pressing concern in modern power systems as it could relieve additional investments (e.g., right of way) and may improve stability. Non-uniform loading of transmission lines (which normally occurs due to the inefficient transmission of power) may lead to overloading of a few lines. These lines would then be prone to voltage instability. However, this problem would be aggravated under the network contingency condition. This paper focuses on improving the line loadability of the transmission system by considering the benchmark voltage stability index named rapid voltage stability index. The optimal loadability problem is considered using the grey wolf algorithm. The proposed work is implemented on a standard IEEE 30 bus test system using MATLAB software by addressing the problem by using line stability voltage index and grey wolf algorithm in optimal power flow. Minimizations of cost of generation, carbon emissions, voltage deviation, and line losses have been considered as objectives and improve the line loadability of the transmission system. The simulation results show that the proposed method is very effective in improving line loadability, reducing line congestion and fuel cost. Furthermore, the methodology is tested rigorously under various contingency conditions and is shown to be very effective. The proposed method relieves transmission line congestion and reduces fuel costs using the rapid voltage stability index (RVSI) is tested on an IEEE 30-bus standard test system utilizing MATLAB for various contingency lines

1. Introduction

Over the past few years, distribution generation has grown tremendously owing to fuel costs, carbon footprints, load requirement, delivers clean power, etc. Today, electrical system poses so many obstacles, including network connectivity, competition for loads, ecological imperatives, and the slender extension of the lines impacting worldwide management and efficiency. These problems pulled researchers through optimization techniques to make use of wind and solar generations to reduce transmission loss, fuel costs, and carbon discharges [1]. Those sources may be run either in isolated mode or grid-connected mode. The eccentric knowledge of wind and solar connected to traditional systems has given planners and analysts more difficulty in improving voltage stability, line flows, and sustainability. Optimal power flow was among the most popular innovations for power system design and optimization and will achieve enhanced operational status with the adaption of control variables to meet safe operations and physical constraints. It is appropriately tuned to decrease the real power loss, carbon emissions, generation cost, and maintains stability. Various optimization approaches for achieving the minimum values for particular systems have been explained [2].
The optimum power flow (OPF), which was developed some half a century ago, remains a broadly spoken topic in the power system research community. OPF’s main goal is to reduce various objective functions with the optimal setting of the control variables given by the data from the network. When minimizing the cost of generation, losses, emissions, etc., it is important to satisfy the network constraints on generator capacity, line capability, nodal voltages, and balanced power flow [3]. In many regions of the world, the development of renewable energy sources is being pursued to achieve the goal of producing sufficient electricity from renewable energy sources to meet the need for load requirements. Classical OPF consideration is taken as a concern when thermal generators operate on fossil fuels. With the growing penetration of solar and wind power into the grid, the OPF analysis has become essential to incorporate the uncertainties of solar and wind [4]. There are two categories of methods or approaches used for the optimization of OPF, namely deterministic and evolutionary approaches. Linear (LP) [5], nonlinear programming (NLP) [6], quadratic programming (QP) [7,8] and interior point method (IM) [9] are the deterministic methods. Because of the non-convexity of OPF concerns, those approaches have difficulty in handling most local minima. Gradient-based approaches overcome the problem of convergence, but sometimes inequality constraints are not met [6]. Evolutionary approaches were implemented to address this due to the drawbacks of deterministic methods. Several robust metaheuristics were evolved in recent decades. Some were impressively effective in solving the OPF issue are hybrid firefly-bat algorithm [10], moth swarm algorithm HAGOA [11], whale optimization algorithm [12], adaptive group search optimization [13], ant lion optimizer [14], differential evolution algorithm [15], modified bacteria foraging algorithm [16], backtracking search algorithm [17], particle swarm optimization [18]. The multi-objective grey wolf algorithm [19,20] is used to optimize power flow, voltage stability, line losses, and carbon emissions [21]. Fast under-frequency load shedding based on the GOA algorithm and compared to adaptive, PSO, and GA for various disturbances, with the objective function of minimizing the amount of load shed while optimizing the lowest swing frequency at different phases of the process being considered [22]. Developed a new model for mid-to-short-term load forecasting that can be used for different hours and days of the month. This method was tested for electricity purchase and production planning. This model combines the MTSTLF model with an MFFNN and the grasshopper optimization algorithm to produce highly accurate load forecasting results (GOA) [23]. developed and updated ANN training and forecasting methodology GA and MVO reduced the number of hidden layers, weights, and biases in ANNs. For various parameters, the MFFNN-MVO and MFFNN-GA models were compared for accuracy [24], used optimization techniques to maximize Savonius type wave turbine self-efficiency. The author also compared the WOA, AIS, BA, and PSO algorithms in maximizing the overall electrical output power from the wave turbine while constrained [25,26]. The power transfer capability of transmission networks is determined by the DG, societal well-being (weight 1), and network security (weight 2) weighting factors [27]. FPGA’s operational inaccuracies can be alleviated by combining the moth flame optimization (MFO) method with an artificial neural network (ANN) to improve forecasting accuracy for the suggested hybrid system.
The use of a few conventional and metaheuristic techniques for the optimization of the problem has been explained in this section. In general congestion and contingency causes the system to be voltage instability and overloading of the line subjected to the thermal load limit. To keep the system stable and operating in secured manner contingency conditions are also considered. When compared to the benchmark algorithms listed in Table 2, the proposed algorithm produces the best results globally.
A grey wolf algorithm influenced by nature, which provides improved solution and convergence functionality to boost network functioning relative to other methods, has been incorporated in this paper. The object of the paper is to demonstrate the proposed GWO algorithm is suitable for the issue of a power system to remove the overloads of line and stability problems while at the same time reducing, fuel production cost, voltage stability, and individual objective function. The viability of the suggested work with the IEEE 30 bus network has been proven. Minimizations of generation cost and line loss are considered as objectives and improve the line loadability of the transmission system. The proposed method relieves transmission line congestion and reduces fuel costs using rapid voltage stability index (RVSI) is examined on an IEEE 30-bus system for various contingency lines.

2. Problem Formulization

This study focuses on assessing the power system’s generation reallocation for normal and line contingency situations,
This might be written by:
MinimizeF(x,m):Subject to g(X,m) = 0, and h(X,m) < 0, Xl ≤ x ≤ Xu
F(x) defines scalar quantity, highlighting costs of fuel, carbon emissions, active power losses, and voltage deviations,
g(x) = equality constraint (that are the equations of power flow),
h(x) = inequality constraint (which refers to control parameter limits),
‘X’ refers to the state variable vector which comprises both controllable and dependent variables (i.e., generator bus voltages, reactive power generation, shunt converter voltages, line reactance, real power generation, series, and shunt susceptance).
‘m’ is a generator’s voltage, generators real power outputs, except for slack bus, in a vector of independent parameters, shunt Var compensators and tap setting of transformers, Xl and Xu are the lower and upper-value limits.
The solution process involves optimizing the objective function and meeting the constraints. Mathematically, this objective issue can be presented as below:

2.1. Objective Function

Total generation cost function can be minimized utilizing the associated quadratic Equation (1)
F C ( P T G I ) = i = 1 N T G ( a i P T G I 2 + b i P T G I + C i ) $ / h r
where NTG = no of thermal generator buses; ai, bi, ci refers to the fuel cost coefficients of the ith unit; FC = Net fuel cost function of thermal generators.
The cost of real power generation with the valve-point impact has been thought to be more operative and accurate in cost function modeling. When the influence of multi-valve turbines is taken into consideration, the power system’s cost of generation shows a greater range of variation and the sinusoidal function is updated to the cost of fuel.
F V P E ( P T G ) = i = 1 N T G ( a i P T G I 2 + b i P T G I + C i + d i × sin ( e i × ( P T G I min P T G I ) ) )
where di, ei: Valve-point loading effect coefficients; P T G I min : Minimum power of the ith thermal unit
This objective is comprised of the minimization of the real power losses of transmission lines. This can be represented as
F P L = min ( P L o s s ) = min ( k = 1 n t l r e a l ( S i j k + S j i k ) )
where ntl refers to the no. of transmission lines,
Sij = net complex power flow of line ith bus–jth bus
The purpose of this deviation of voltage (VD) consideration is for the achievement of the needed voltage of transmission of a system may be stated by:
F V D = min ( V D ) = min k = 1 N b u s | V k V k r e f |
where Vk: voltage magnitude at bus k; Vkref: reference voltage magnitude at bus k.
With increasing the polluting environment, it is desirable to consider the carbon emission consideration to adjust the optimal flow of power. The net emissions ton/h of the pollutants from the thermal units may be expressed by
Carbon emissions are measured in tons per hour (ton/h) given as:
F C E ( P T G i ) = i = 1 N T G [ ( α i + β i P T G i + γ i P T G I 2 ) × 0.01 + ω i e ( μ i P T G i ) ]
where, αi, βi, γi, ωi, µi: Emission coefficients of the ith thermal generator.

2.2. Equality Constraints

P G i P D i = j = 1 N V i V j Y i j cos ( θ i j + δ j δ i )  
Q G i Q D i = j = 1 N V i V j Y i j sin ( θ i j + δ j δ i )  
where PGi: active power generation; QGi: reactive power generation; N: no. of. buses

2.3. Constraints Imposed by Inequality

(1)
Generator bus voltage restrictions:
V G i min V G i V G i max ,   G i =   1 ,   2 ,   3   n gb
(2)
Limits of real power generation:
P G i min P G i P G i max ,   G i = 1 ,   2 ,   3   n gb
(3)
Reactive Power generated limits:
Q G i min Q G i Q G i max ,   G i =   1 ,   2 ,   3   n gb
ngb is the No. of generator buses
(4)
Transmission line in MVA limit
S l S l max , l = 1 N L
NL = no. of transmission lines
Rapid Voltage Stability Index (RVSI)
An electrical network’s voltage stability can be determined by using this test method. It’s a sign of a system’s vulnerability and the potential for a voltage drop [21].
R V S I i j = 4 X i j V i 2 ( P j 2 Q j + Q j )
where RVSIij: RVSI applicable for the line linked with buses i and j.; Pj: real power at receiving end bus; Qj: receiving end bus reactive power; Vi: sending bus voltage; Xij: reactance in between buses ith and jth.
The RVSI magnitude of a highly congested line is near to unity. As a result, RVSI values must be kept below unity to ensure system stability.

3. Proposed Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO)

This optimizer was demonstrated in 2014 by Seyedalimirjalili and wasdesigned fully according to the hunt for grey wolves and individual characteristics for them. The author has acknowledged in this methodology four distinct aspects of hierarchical chains. Grey wolves such as ‘α’ come first, followed by ‘β’, ‘δ’, and finally ‘ω’. Grey wolves are becoming increasingly interested in remaining in a pack. The overall number of wolves in the pack could be between 5 and 12. ‘α’ wolves are typically the gathering chiefs, in charge of various actions such as fundamental leadership for chasing, strolling, attacking, relaxing, waking up, and so on. They do not need to be strong wolves but must deal with alternate wolves. In social situations, all grey wolves respect and recognize the pioneer wolf by holding their tails downwards. The ‘β’ grey wolf is the pack’s second leader, superior to the alternative wolves and the ‘α’ grey wolf. It could be either a female or a male. The ‘β’ wolf should supply the criticism obtained from the other wolves and assist the ‘α’ in making choices among different workouts conducted in the gathering. This wolf should lead the rest of the pioneer wolves. The next phase of the progressive system is ‘δ’ wolves, who are in charge of the lowest levels of the wolf hierarchy and show consideration for the more senior wolves. The remaining wolves are not very important; however, it has been observed that if one ‘δ’ wolf is loosed, the entire assembly fights. These are mostly in charge of the wolves’ gathering/minding, pack’s uprightness, and well-being [19]. A flow chart for an objective function utilizing the Grey Wolf approach is shown in Figure 1.

Algorithm for Grey Wolf Optimizer

Step 1: Establish GWO settings such as search agents (Ws), design variable size (Wd), and so on. the vectors a, A, and C, as well as the maximum no. of iterations
Ensure that the GWO’s search agents (Ws) and design variable sizes are set up (Wd). iterations and the number of vectors a, A, and C
A = 2.a.r1 − a
C = 2.r2
when component ‘a’ is linearly minimized from 2 to 0 throughout the iterations and r1, r2 are random vectors in [0,1].
Step 2: Build Grey wolves based on pack size arbitrarily. The grey wolves can be given as mathematically
G r e y w o l v e s ( W ) = W 11 W 12 W 1 n _ 1 W 1 n W 21 W 22 W 2 n _ 1 W 2 n . . . . W m _ 11 W m _ 12 W ( m _ 1 ) ( n _ 1 ) W ( m _ 1 ) n W m 1 W m 2 W ( m ) ( n _ 1 ) W m n
where Wmn is the starting value of the mth pack of the nth wolves
Step 3: Estimate each hunting agent’s fitness value with the Formulas (16) and (17) below
D = C × W p ( t ) W ( t )
W ( t + 1 ) = W p ( t ) A . D
Step 4: Determine the best hunt agent (Wα), the second-best hunt agent(Wβ) and the third-best hunt agent (Wδ) using equations
D α = C 1 × W α W D β = C 2 × W β W D δ = C 3 × W δ W W 1 = W α A 1 × D α W 2 = W β A 2 × D β W 3 = W δ A 3 × D δ
Step 5: Renew the current hunting agent’s position using formula (18).
W ( t + 1 ) = W 1 + W 2 + W 3 3
Step 6: Estimate every hunt fitness value
Step 7: Updating the Wα, Wβ, and Wδ values
Step 8: Find out what causes it to cease. In other words, if the number of iterations is reached, print the best solution value if possible, else return to s.

4. Results and Discussions

The load flow for the modified IEEE-30 bus system is considered and comprises of one slack bus, five thermal generators, the remaining are load buses and 41 interconnected lines. 100 MVA is chosen as the base MVA. Further, the system is tuned for optimal power flow by utilizing the grey wolf algorithm. In general, the thermal load limit restricts the power handling capability of a line. This limit is used for violation purposes and also severe contingencies which are causing security problems are also considered. Matlab 2015 with HP i5 Processor is used to generate the results for various objective functions and parameters. The parameters for the existing PSO and proposed grey wolf algorithm are shown in Table 1.
Various objective functions, including losses, emissions, and fuel costs, are subjected to the Grey wolf algorithm under standard settings and compared to the existing methods. Figure 2 depicts a single-line diagram of the IEEE 30 bus system. These values are portrayed in Table 2. It is also found that the various objective function values are reduced by incorporating the renewable energy sources and that the proposed algorithm is giving better results. It is considered one dollar is equal to 73.61 rupees for the calculations.
Figure 3 shows that in less than 50 iterations the objective functions smoothly convergences to the optimum value with no sudden changes in the objective function of fuel cost for normal conditions. The proposed GWO is shown to be effective in this way. Optimal control variable settings, objective fuel cost, and real power generation are shown in Table 3 below. It is observed that Grey wolf optimization (GWO) has reduced the real power generation fuel cost as compared to the prevailing methods.

5. Contingency Management

The dynamic contingency management case was considered in this study. In such cases, two situations may occur. First of all, a line in the event of contingency can be considered to be extremely severe or a line in case of most contingencies can be most possibly severe. So, it can be classified as a probabilistic approach or deterministic approach. In this section, both methods were discussed and contrasted. The contingency ranking was given based on Rapid voltage stability severity index (RVSI) values for all lines in the descendant order of severity and can be obtained by removing all line outages. The maximum value of each line outage is identified and arranged these values in Table 4. These stability index values were obtained by running the Newton-Raphson method. These indices values can be used to signify the secure operating region of the system. A line closer to zero with RVSI is a good line for stability. The higher the magnitude of a line’s RVSI, the lower the stability line (i.e., closer it is to instability). From this Table 2 and Table 4, it is noted that for the line outage 2–5 the line between buses 5–7 (line number 8) with the RVSI value of 0.5941 is the maximum value and may be called severe. Line 2–5 is chosen as the most severe line from the deterministic approach for the analysis. In the probability approach most severe line between 9–11 buses (line no 13) is repeated more times for all line contingencies with a maximum value of RVSI 0.3190 for the line outage 1–3. The two-line outages (i.e., lines 3–4 and lines 4–12 and are considered for analysis).
Line flows were compared in different cases such as normal, normal with GWO, contingency with N-R load flow, and contingency with GWO in Table 4 for the IEEE 30 bus system. From this table, it could be noticed that the lines 1–2, 2–6, 4–6, 5–7 are overloaded under outage of lines 2–5. Congested lines are reduced to a significant value with the GWO method.
Table 5 described the Line outage contrast flows under the line 2–5. Line flows were compared in different cases such as normal, normal with GWO, contingency with N-R power flow, and contingency with GWO in Table 6. From this table, it could be observed that lines 1–2, 2–6, are overloaded under the outage of lines 3–4. Congested lines are reduced to a significant value with the GWO method.
Line flows were compared in different cases such as normal, normal with GWO, contingency with N-R power flow, and contingency with GWO in Table 7. From this table, it can be shown that the lines 1–2, 9–10, are overloaded under outage of lines 4–12. Congested lines are reduced to a significant value with the GWO method. The third column data Represents in Table 7 is the limit of power flows in the individual transmission line of the IEEE 30 Bus system. When these systems run using N-R Methos under normal conditions the fourth column shows the values of power flows in the individual line. column 5 of Table 7 shows the line flows in the individual transmission line by using the GWO algorithm. columns 7 and 8 show the line flows under line outage with and with the GWO algorithm as shown that the lines 1–2, 9–10, are overloaded under outage of lines 4–12. Congested lines are reduced to a significant value with the GWO method.
Table 8 shows over-loaded lines under various line outages. Power flows are observed in the line during normal conditions are within the specified limits but power flows line 2–6, line 1–2, line 5–7, line 4–6 gets congested due to the contingency of line 2–5. Power flows in lines 2–6, line 1–2, line 5–7, line 4–6 before contingency are 125.147 MVA, 45.3089 MVA, 52.6063 MVA, 14.1723 MVA, respectively. During contingency, the respective lines are overloaded to 132.996 MVA, 91.331 MVA, 99.62 MVA, 71.761 MVA, respectively, after using the proposed GWO these values are reduced to 100.38 MVA, 79.3818 MVA, 83.31 MVA, and 67.8742 MVA nearer to their limits. Similarly, this phenomenon was observed in the remaining line outages of lines 3–4, line 4–12.
Figure 4, Figure 5 and Figure 6 depicts the convergence characteristics of fuel cost function under the different contingency of line 2–5, line 3–4, line 4–12 using GWO approach from these figures it is observed that in less than 50 iterations the objective functions smoothly convergences to the optimum value with no sudden changes in the objective function of fuel cost for contingency conditions. This shows the efficiency of the proposed GWO compared with PSO.
Figure 7 displays the voltage profile of the generator as well as the load bus under normal and contingency conditions. Voltages are within limits during normal conditions and the voltage is disturbed during contingency and voltages are improved by using the proposed algorithm. Table 9 displays voltage magnitudes for various line outages.
Table 10 displays the many aspects of optimal control variables, objective functions such as losses, deviation of voltage, fuel cost with valve point influence, carbon emissions acquired values using the suggested algorithm.
From these results, it can be observed the lines are relieved from the overburden by utilizing the grey wolf algorithm. Therefore, most of the lines were relieved by using the proposed algorithm. Power generations for various line outages are shown in Figure 8.

6. Conclusions

The need for improved efficiency while ensuring system stability at the same time requires the development of enhanced approaches to system analysis and advanced technology advancement. Reallocation of maximum power generation is essential if system efficiency is to be improved using existing resources. Optimization techniques aim to get an optimal solution for the relocation of power generation. The critical contingencies that are causing problems for system security are taken into account.
The literature survey shows that the searching strategies influenced by evolution, including grey wolf and particle swarm algorithms, are suitable for approaching objective function. On IEEE 30-bus test systems the fitness, efficacy of the suggested algorithms has been tested. An essential objective of monitoring and taking the power system to the secure region has been accomplished. The outcomes of simulations show that each methodology has successfully achieved the goal of reducing various objective functions such as fuel cost, real power losses, carbon footprints, and voltage deviations. The GWO algorithm has also performed well in improving voltage stability and line load ability during overloads due to contingency by keeping the line capacity within thermal limits.
The future work can be extended by including various FACTS devices and by using the hybrid algorithm. The present work was considered for the constant load but can be extended by considering the variable loads

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, R.M. and R.S.S.N.; methodology, R.M. and R.S.S.N.; software, R.M. and R.S.S.N.; validation, R.M., R.S.S.N. and S.M.M.; formal analysis, M.F.I. and R.S.S.N.; investigation, S.A.S., R.S.S.N., S.M.M. and M.F.I.; resources, R.M., R.S.S.N., S.A.S. and M.F.I.; data curation, R.S.S.N., S.A.S. and M.F.I.; writing—original draft preparation, R.M., R.S.S.N., S.M.M., M.F.I. and S.A.S.; writing—review and editing, R.S.S.N. and S.M.M.; visualization, R.M., R.S.S.N., M.F.I. and S.A.S.; supervision, S.M.M., S.A.S. and M.F.I.; project administration, S.A.S. and S.M.M.; funding acquisition, S.M.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research work has been supported and funded by Qatar National Library (QNL).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Conflicts of Interest

All of the authors state that they have no conflict of interest in relation to this study.

Nomenclature

TCSCThyristor-controlled series converter
SBsending end bus
RBReceiving end bus
RVSIRapid Voltage Stability index
NLSINovel Line stability index
ASIAmalgamate severity index.
PDFProbability density function
GWOGrey Wolf Optimization
FACTSFlexible AC Transmission System.
VDVoltage deviation
VPEValve point effect
CECarbon emissions
PwjWind power generation from jth bus
PskPower output from the kth PV plant
PLOverall real power loss
QLOverall reactive power loss,
PGireal power generated in ith bus
PDireal power demanded in ith bus
P T G I min Minimum power the ith thermal unit.
Pjactive power at receiving at jth bus
QjReactive power at receiving at jth bus
NTGno. of Generator buses
a, b, cFuel cost coefficients
VkMagnitude of ‘V’at bus k
XReactance of line in ohms,
P(v)Electric power
v c i Wind Speed (Cut-in)
v c o Wind Speed (Cut-out)
v r Wind Speed (Rated)
P r Rated Power
NtlNo. of lines for transmission
Z impedance of line in ohms
XjDirect cost co-efficient of jth wind farm
ykDirect cost co-efficient of kth PV plant
SijApparent power flowing in line i–j
VkrefMagnitude of Reference ‘V’ at bus k
di, eiValve-point effect co-efficient
w1, w2, w3, w4, w5Weighting factors
α i β i , γ i , ω i , µiEmission coefficient

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Figure 1. Representation of the grey wolf algorithm’s multi-objective optimization process.
Figure 1. Representation of the grey wolf algorithm’s multi-objective optimization process.
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Figure 2. IEEE 30 bus system in a single line diagram.
Figure 2. IEEE 30 bus system in a single line diagram.
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Figure 3. Convergence Characteristics of fuel cost under normal condition.
Figure 3. Convergence Characteristics of fuel cost under normal condition.
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Figure 4. Figure 2 convergence characteristics of the cost of fuel under the contingency.
Figure 4. Figure 2 convergence characteristics of the cost of fuel under the contingency.
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Figure 5. Fuel cost convergence characteristics under the contingency of line outage of line 3–4.
Figure 5. Fuel cost convergence characteristics under the contingency of line outage of line 3–4.
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Figure 6. Fuel cost minimization convergence characteristics of under contingency of line outage of line 4–12.
Figure 6. Fuel cost minimization convergence characteristics of under contingency of line outage of line 4–12.
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Figure 7. IEEE-30 bus system voltage magnitudes during outages of varying lengths.
Figure 7. IEEE-30 bus system voltage magnitudes during outages of varying lengths.
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Figure 8. Power Generations for various line outages of IEEE-30 bus system.
Figure 8. Power Generations for various line outages of IEEE-30 bus system.
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Table 1. Parameters of PSO and GWO algorithm.
Table 1. Parameters of PSO and GWO algorithm.
ParametersPSOGWO
Population size2020
Number of iterations5050
‘a’ vector-2
Cognitive constant c12-
Social constant c22-
Table 2. The comparison of the suggested method with the optimal power flow.
Table 2. The comparison of the suggested method with the optimal power flow.
MethodsGeneration Fuel Cost ($/h)Emission (ton/h)Power Loss (MW)The Influence of Valve Point on Fuel Cost ($/h)Generation Fuel Cost (Rs/h)The Influence of Valve Point on Fuel Cost (Rs/h)
ExistingMSFLA [28]802.2870.2056--59,056.3461-
SFLA [28]802.5090.2063--59,072.7022-
MDE [29]802.376---59,062.8974-
IEP [30]802.465---59,069.4487-
RGA [31]---4.5740---
CLPSO [32]--4.6282---
HSA [33]--4.9059---
PSO [34]-0.20635.1204---
IPSO [34]-0.20585.0732---
ProposedGWO800.8660.20414.229828.258,951.753660,963.802
Table 3. Comparison of control variables for different algorithms.
Table 3. Comparison of control variables for different algorithms.
Control VariablesTS [35]PSOProposed GWO
PG1 (MW)176.04179.9584176.525
PG2 (MW)48.7650.773949.6202
PG5 (MW)21.5615.000021.9922
PG8 (MW)22.0522.806121.4111
PG11 (MW)12.4412.445710
PG13 (MW)121212
V11.051.061.06
V21.03891.03441.0353
V51.0110.98570.9893
V81.01980.98260.9832
V111.09411.08201.082
V131.08980.97370.9743
Total real power generation (MW)292.85292.9840292.5482
Total real power generation fuel cost ($/h)802.29802.6383800.8661
Total real power generation fuel cost (Rs/h)59,056.5759,082.20558,951.75
Table 4. By using the traditional technique, severe lines for various line outages are listed in descending order of RVSI [36].
Table 4. By using the traditional technique, severe lines for various line outages are listed in descending order of RVSI [36].
Line NoLine OutageSeverity LineLine NoLine OutageSeverity Line
SEBREBRVSI Max Value (p.u)Line No with RVSI MaxSEBREBRVSI Max Value (p.u)Line No with RVSI Max
5250.59416182215180.2475713
9670.36499358570.2778035
2130.319053131712140.24742413
4340.314822133727290.24737813
149100.296387123015230.24691713
6260.282263133324250.24685313
154120.276173133929300.24665713
7460.27693652318190.24658413
3628270.265841132116170.24655313
3240.257307132014150.24635713
416280.252931133223240.24619313
126100.252195132510200.24578713
1812150.251297132810220.24576413
10680.250634133122240.24576413
3525270.249212132419200.24555213
1912160.248224132921230.24540313
3827300.247772132710210.24463713
408280.247637132610170.24355313
-----11690.24152413
Table 5. Line outage contrast flows under the line 2–5.
Table 5. Line outage contrast flows under the line 2–5.
SEBREBPower Flow Inline Limit (MVA)Line Flows under Normal ConditionLine Flows with GWOLine Flows under Line OutageLine Flows under Line Outage with GWO
12130125.147115.4587132.9967100.38
1313064.050464.015195.906179.0765
246531.005734.837662.532856.1749
3413058.070959.062183.475772.0465
2513065.22364.3444---------
266545.308949.096291.33179.3818
469052.606353.109699.627583.3106
577014.172311.402671.76167.8742
6713040.962334.072123.066797.5358
683226.947927.636727.362926.5946
696511.343622.570410.365719.8392
6103211.968114.48611.208413.2382
9116543.635636.660143.09739.2178
9106547.809542.369646.28542.8871
4126528.079632.808132.319434.4173
12136520.010412.001920.014412.0021
1214327.69087.4098.12667.5954
12153217.47516.925519.004617.5955
1216327.10297.03398.17067.4906
1415161.23311.291.5881.4124
1617163.70124.15964.43194.4381
1518165.97925.92176.49186.1458
1819162.74712.78553.16012.9691
1920327.81978.00637.25537.778
10203210.357110.51829.813910.2932
1017328.99029.92327.78919.4894
10213224.539921.053723.710720.8295
1022327.93917.47238.06947.6786
2123323.66387.42532.85137.258
1523163.9314.53585.07884.8863
2224167.83597.38757.94217.5841
2324162.90463.46573.35523.7389
2425161.07740.87381.10280.4273
2526164.28234.27284.3044.2792
2527164.78194.85354.33594.3078
28276518.748819.069418.524618.5483
2729166.45886.43626.51366.4526
2730167.34247.3157.40917.3348
2930163.76613.75993.78113.7644
828324.79615.01084.49775.1228
6283215.079515.903615.267115.0442
Table 6. The contrast of line flows under line outage of lines 3–4.
Table 6. The contrast of line flows under line outage of lines 3–4.
SEBREBPower Flow Inline Limit (MVA)Line Flows under Normal ConditionLine Flows with GWOLine Flows under Line OutageLine Flows under Line Outage with GWO
12130125.147115.4587203.9089170.6582
1313064.050464.01512.63442.6344
246531.005734.837662.963360.5802
3413058.070959.0621--------
2513065.22364.344477.891573.0946
266545.308949.096271.634568.1407
469052.606353.109624.677122.7873
577014.172311.40269.57865.5252
6713040.962334.07231.118726.7663
683226.947927.636727.486726.4396
696511.343622.570411.852521.3283
6103211.968114.48612.852914.4471
9116543.635636.660143.08739.1209
9106547.809542.369649.214644.9014
4126528.079632.808126.585129.0509
12136520.010412.001920.015413.4069
1214327.69087.4097.48367.118
12153217.47516.925516.655515.8252
1216327.10297.03396.46816.1998
1415161.23311.291.02411.0908
1617163.70124.15963.25963.6818
1518165.97925.92175.66815.4909
1819162.74712.78552.47042.4192
1920327.81978.00638.14758.4279
10203210.357110.518210.769810.9916
1017328.99029.92329.648110.6841
10213224.539921.053725.189321.9246
1022327.93917.47237.93737.6075
2123323.66387.42534.08987.8393
1523163.9314.53583.23464.0189
2224167.83597.38757.81237.5125
2324162.90463.46572.66483.3656
2425161.07740.87381.16020.8808
2526164.28234.27284.30424.2807
2527164.78194.85355.08144.8782
28276518.748819.069419.431819.1998
2729166.45886.43626.51266.4558
2730167.34247.3157.40787.3388
2930163.76613.75993.78093.7652
828324.79615.01084.51035.2175
6283215.079515.903615.983215.4434
Table 7. The contrast of line flows under lines 4–12 outage.
Table 7. The contrast of line flows under lines 4–12 outage.
SEBREBPower Flow Inline Limit (MVA)Line Flows under Normal ConditionLine Flows with GWOLine Flows under Line OutageLine Flows under Line Outage with GWO
12130125.147115.4587130.7125118.1491
1313064.050464.015164.617762.8055
246531.005734.837629.623332.3256
3413058.070959.062158.439157.8071
2513065.22364.344467.830566.7538
266545.308949.096250.758753.7115
469052.606353.109679.462881.2081
577014.172311.402613.495810.6658
6713040.962334.07238.856132.8465
683226.947927.636727.877628.0066
696511.343622.570424.623738.5999
6103211.968114.48621.728625.2126
9116543.635636.660143.363738.1721
9106547.809542.369664.346361.0722
4126528.079632.8081-------------
12136520.010412.001920.017112.0027
1214327.69087.4094.35733.3716
12153217.47516.92556.92734.2853
1216327.10297.03395.20236.2669
1415161.23311.292.32983.12
1617163.70124.15968.491710.196
1518165.97925.92172.59571.4578
1819162.74712.78553.27183.7588
1920327.81978.006312.713713.7218
10203210.357110.518215.713316.6997
1017328.99029.923219.469421.5096
10213224.539921.053732.805330.8244
1022327.93917.47237.26537.0159
2123323.66387.425311.108314.6185
1523163.9314.53588.189411.2538
2224167.83597.38757.16436.9306
2324162.90463.46570.99773.1415
2425161.07740.87384.79185.8736
2526164.28234.27284.29154.2783
2527164.78194.85359.19229.8949
28276518.748819.069424.059424.6506
2729166.45886.43626.47576.4458
2730167.34247.3157.3637.3267
2930163.76613.75993.77073.7625
828324.79615.01084.82485.332
6283215.079515.903619.405320.2707
Table 8. Optimal power flows for various objective functions for various severe contingencies.
Table 8. Optimal power flows for various objective functions for various severe contingencies.
ParametersNormal CaseUnder Line Outage 3–4Under Line Outage 2–5Under Line Outage 4–12
Real power
generation (MW)
PG1177.525169.3844173.6528175.3286
PG249.620250.476650.87248.1522
PG521.992221.659226.557121.2868
PG821.411126.350925.40820.839
PG111013.71871012.261
PG131213.40381215.5942
Voltages in
(P.U)
V11.061.061.061.06
V21.03541.01331.03091.0325
V50.98930.95850.88230.983
V80.98330.94590.94950.9738
V111.06021.05161.05711.0618
V130.97440.93210.94510.8947
Performance parametersTotal generation of real power (MW)292.5485294.9936298.4899293.4618
Total fuel cost for real power generation ($/h)800.8612812.2295825.3745805.1168
Total fuel cost for real power generation (Rs/h)58,951.3959,788.21360,755.8259,264.65
Table 9. Overloaded lines owing to contingency and their limits.
Table 9. Overloaded lines owing to contingency and their limits.
Line OutageCongested LinesPower Flow Limits in MVALine Flows under Normal ConditionLine Flow during Line OutageLine Flow during Line Outage with GWO
2–51–2130125.147132.996100.38
2–66545.308991.33179.3818
4–69052.606399.62783.31
5–77014.172371.76167.8742
3–41–2130125.147203.9170.6582
2–66545.308971.634568.1407
4–121–2130125.147130.7125118.1491
9–106547.809564.33461.07
Table 10. Voltage magnitudes for various line outages.
Table 10. Voltage magnitudes for various line outages.
BUS N0Normal ConditionUnder Line Outage 3–4Under Line Outage 2–5Under Line Outage 4–12
V11.061.061.061.06
V21.03541.01331.03091.0325
V31.01361.05890.9921.013
V41.00270.95940.97641.0019
V50.98930.95850.88230.983
V60.99550.9580.96160.9864
V70.98930.95430.92370.9813
V80.98330.94590.94950.9738
V91.00930.97290.97860.9837
V100.97930.94060.94740.9441
V111.06021.05161.05711.0618
V120.97460.93230.94520.895
V130.97440.93210.94510.8947
V140.96280.92050.93270.8889
V150.96190.92030.9310.8979
V160.96870.92760.93790.908
V170.97040.93070.93860.9274
V180.95490.91370.92320.9004
V190.95420.91340.92210.9054
V200.95960.91930.92750.9142
V210.96590.92610.93380.9247
V220.96820.92880.93570.9328
V230.96390.92390.93180.9209
V240.95320.9130.920.9176
V250.95380.91380.91950.9297
V260.93490.8940.89980.9103
V270.96340.92390.92870.9466
V280.9890.95110.95490.9782
V290.94210.90160.90660.9249
V300.92990.88880.89380.9124
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