Blending of Genetic Algorithm with Fletcher Reeves Method to Solve Reactive Power Problem

Abstract

In this study a hybrid algorithm - Fletcher Reeves method and advanced Genetic Algorithm (GA) are suggested to solve reactive power problem. In this approach, each of the G Fletcher Reeves method again with progressive operators are calculated step length. These approaches are extended to a set of multi-point access instead of single point approximation to avoid the convergence of the available method at local optimum and a new method, named Population Based Fletcher Reeves Method (PFR), are proposed to solve the reactive power problem. PFR was tested in standard IEEE 30 bus test system and simulation results demonstrate obviously about the best performance of the recommended algorithm in reducing the real power loss with control variables within the limits.