Optimal Power Sharing in Microgrids Using the Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm

摘要

In smart grids, a hybrid renewable energy system that combines multiple renewable energy sources (RESs) with storage and backup systems can provide the most cost-effective and stable energy supply. However, one of the most pressing issues addressed by recent research is how best to design the components of hybrid renewable energy systems to meet all load requirements at the lowest possible cost and with the best level of reliability. Due to the difficulty of optimizing hybrid renewable energy systems, it is critical to find an efficient optimization method that provides a reliable solution. Therefore, in this study, power transmission between microgrids is optimized to minimize the cost for the overall system and for each microgrid. For this purpose, artificial bee colony (ABC) is used as an optimization algorithm that aims to minimize the cost and power transmission from outside the microgrid. The ABC algorithm outperforms other population-based algorithms, with the added advantage of requiring fewer control parameters. The ABC algorithm also features good resilience, fast convergence, and great versatility. In this study, several experiments were conducted to show the productivity of the proposed ABC-based approach. The simulation results show that the proposed method is an effective optimization approach because it can achieve the global optimum in a very simple and computationally efficient way.

出版物
Energies
Kalim Ullah
Kalim Ullah
博士研究生

Kalim Ullah is a PhD scholar at the College of Electrical Engineering at Zhejiang University. Optimization, power system analysis, and renewable energy are some of his research interests.

江全元
江全元
教授 | 博士生导师

江全元,博士、浙江大学电气工程学院教授,博士生导师,浙江省重点实验室(海洋可再生能源电气装备与系统技术研究实验室)副主任,中国电工技术学会电力系统控制与保护专业委员会委员。

耿光超
耿光超
副教授 | 博士生导师

耿光超,工学博士,浙江大学电气工程学院副教授、博士生导师,电机工程学系副主任,电力系统自动化所副所长,电气工程学院特聘助理,IEEE高级会员。