A Novel Approach Based on Modified and Hybrid Flower Pollination Algorithm to Solve Multi-objective Optimal Power Flow

Abstract-In this paper, a modified and hybrid flower pollination algorithms (MHFPA) is proposed for dealing with the multi-objective optimal power flow (MOOPF) problem with conflictive objectives. The algorithm combines the mutation and crossover process in the differential evolution (DE) algorithm, introduces the sinusoidal nonlinear dynamic switching probability (SNDSP) and the elite strategy of elder generation (ESEG), which can improve the shortcomings of the original pollen algorithm that it is easy to fall into the local optimum and the diversity is insufficient. A screening approach with Pareto-dominant rule (SAPR) is proposed to ensure that the state variable can satisfy the inequality constraints of the power system. A uniformly distributed Pareto optimal set (POS) is obtained by the non-dominant sorting with elite strategy (NSES) based on Rank and Density estimation, and the best trade-off solution (BTS) is determined from the POS obtained by the fuzzy affiliation theory. For practicality, the total fuel cost, active power loss, emissions and voltage deviation are selected as objective functions. Due to the limitations of the actual power system, the valve point effect is also considered. The IEEE30-, 57- and IEEE118-bus test systems are used to verify the performance of the proposed MHFPA. In addition, two performance indicators, Hypervolume (HV) and Spacing (SP), quantitatively evaluate the diversity and uniformity of the POS obtained by MHFPA. The simulation results show that, compared with the classic MOPSO and NSGA-II algorithms, the method proposed in this paper shows a greater competitive advantage in dealing with different scales and non-convex optimization problems.