Evolutionary Computing Techniques for Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch: An Overview and Key Issues

Optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD) is carried out to reduce losses, to improve the voltage profile and voltage stability in a power system. In recent years, several evolutionary computing based optimization techniques to solve optimal reactive power dispatch problem has been proposed. These techniques include genetic algorithm (GA), artificial bee colony (ABC), particle swarm optimization (PSO) and differential evolution (DE) etc. The ORPD...