Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch by Success History Based Adaptive Differential Evolution Salp Swarm Algorithm

In this study, a novel hybrid algorithm success history-based adaptive differential evolution salp swarm algorithm (SHADE-SSA) is proposed to solve two different cases of IEEE 30 bus reactive power dispatch problems integrated with thermal generators, wind farms and solar photovoltaic plants. Real power loss minimization and voltage deviation minimization are considered as main objectives in the present work. The performance and robustness of the proposed hybrid SHADE-SSA algorithm are compared with the results of five different metaheuristic algorithms for the same test system and consider the same control variables and constraints. The results of the simulation of the proposed algorithm conform to the effective choice for the solution of optimal reactive power dispatch problems of power systems.