A STUDY ON APPLICATION OF NATURE INSPIRED ALGORITHMS FOR SOLVING REACTIVE POWER PROBLEM

Reactive power optimization problem has a substantial inspiration on secure and economic operation of power system. This paper gives a detailed study on application Nature-Inspired algorithms to solve Reactive Power Problem. Nature-Inspired Algorithms has been categorized as 1. Swarm Intelligence Based Algorithms, 2. Bio-Inspired Algorithms, and 3. Physics and Chemistry Based Algorithms. These algorithms are so called based on the foundations of inspiration. By literature survey although not all of them are efficient, many of the algorithms have been ascertained to be very competent and thus have become popular tools for solving practical problems. This study reveals about the successful application of the nature inspired algorithms to solve reactive power problem in both the modes of problem formulation (single and multi-objective). The main aim of this study is to enhance the scholars around the world to initiate them to work in the area of application of nature inspired algorithms to solve complex power system problems.