Slime Mold Algorithm Approach for Load Flow Analysis and Optimization in Power Systems

Authors : Oğuz Taşdemir, Salih Ermiş, Abdülkadir Özdoğan

Pages : 1407-1417

Doi:10.29109/gujsc.1705394

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Publication Date : 2025-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Electric energy is one of the most commonly used energy sources today. Therefore, how energy can be produced, transmitted, and consumed at the lowest cost is among the main topics that researchers are intensely working on. The limited nature of current energy sources and the rapidly increasing demand for energy necessitate scientific and technological efforts in this field. With a growing world economy and the continuous development and expansion of modern power systems, the voltage problems arising in power systems have become quite significant in terms of controlling energy systems. In this context, one of the most important issues that need to be addressed in power systems is optimal power flow (OPF). Therefore, in the study conducted, the Slime Mold Algorithm (SMA) was used to solve the OPF problem in power systems according to the objective functions, and it was tested with different objective functions. As the objective function, three single objectives (fuel cost, active power loss, and voltage deviation minimization) and the combination of these objective functions, three multi-objective functions, have been determined. The tests conducted to solve the OPF problem were carried out on the IEEE-30 bus system. According to the results obtained, it has been observed that the SMA algorithm is more successful than other algorithms in the literature in solving problems in power systems.
Keywords : Modern Güç Sistemleri, Balçık Küf Algoritması (BKA), Optimizasyon, Aktif ve Reaktif Güç, Gerilim Sapması

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