Economic environmental operation in bulk AC/DC hybrid interconnected systems via enhanced artificial hummingbird optimizer

• Published in: Electric power systems research 2023-09, Vol.222, p.109503, Article 109503
• Main Authors: Moustafa, Ghareeb, Ginidi, Ahmed R., Elshahed, Mostafa, Shaheen, Abdullah M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Artificial hummingbird optimizer; Economic emission operation; HVDC Systems; Multi-terminal connections; Valve point loading effect
• ISSN: 0378-7796
• DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2023.109503

•An economic environmental operation in hybrid AC-MTDC power systems is introduced.•An Improved Artificial Hummingbird Optimizer (IAHO) is developed to minimize fuel costs, environmental pollution, and losses in AC-MTDC systems.•The proposed IAHO includes a variety of territorial foraging tactics and a linear control process that improve both local and universal searching capabilities.•The simulation findings declare high economic, environmental, and technical benefits via the proposed IAHO with significant outperformance over several reported algorithms. Innovative technologies of multi-terminal high voltage direct current (HVDC), often known as “MTDC,” represent additional features for better active and reactive power control when hybridized with traditional AC power systems. In this sequence, optimal operation in hybrid AC and MTDC power systems becomes highly economically and environmentally necessary. This paper presents an Improved Artificial Hummingbird Optimizer (IAHO) technique for reducing total generation fuel costs, environmental pollution, and whole power losses in AC-MTDC power systems. The proposed IAHO includes a variety of territorial foraging tactics (TFTs) and a Linear Control Process (LCP) which improve both local and universal searching capabilities. The proposed IAHO and AHO are performed on modified IEEE 57-bus and 30-bus hybrid AC and multi-terminal HVDC power systems. The simulation findings declare high economic, environmental, and technical benefits based on the proposed IAHO. A significant reduction in fuel costs, emissions, and losses with 22%, 59.51%, and 71.83% compared to the initial case for the IEEE 57-bus hybrid AC-MTDC power system. Also, the IEEE 30-bus hybrid AC-MTDC power system significantly reduced fuel costs, emissions, and losses by 17.01%, 16.04%, and 28.49% compared to the initial case. Moreover, the significant outperformance of the proposed IAHO is demonstrated over several reported algorithms.