Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch Using Giza Pyramids Construction Algorithm

The proper monitoring and management of reactive power is critical for power system's stability, reliability and security. The challenge of reactive power scheduling, which is a mixed integer and nonlinear problem, is critical for improving system efficiency and keeping voltages acceptable limits. While optimizing a specific objective function, it satisfies all equality and inequality constraints. This study used a new ancient-inspired meta-heuristic technique called the Giza Pyramids Construction (GPC) Optimization algorithm to solve the Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch (ORPD) problem. The proposed single-objective deterministic ORPD approach is validated and compared to previous reported research works for power loss minimization utilizing two cases of IEEE 30-bus and IEEE-57 bus systems, respectively.