Research Article

Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problem

Table 1

Result comparison for the IEEE 30-bus system with quadratic fuel cost functions.

MinMaxEP [18]PSO [24]ACO [25]ABC

(MW)50200173.8262175.6915177.8635177.7793
(MW)208049.99848.639043.836651.3022
(MW)155021.38621.449420.893021.1685
(MW)103522.6322.720023.123114.6921
(MW)103012.92812.230214.025514.6290
(MW)124012.00012.00013.119912.7487
Loss (MW)9.36839.33019.46168.9197
Min. cost ($/h)802.5557802.0136803.123800.1874
Avg. cost ($/h)807.1770
Max. cost ($/h)826.6428
Std. dev.3.7156
CPU (s)51.477.6722022.73
Adjusted CPU (s)3.156.1522.5322.73