REAL POWER LOSS REDUCTION ENHANCED ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY ALGORITHM

In this paper, Enhanced Artificial Bee Colony (EABC) algorithm is proposed for solving optimal reactive power problem. The projected method assimilates crossover operation from Genetic Algorithm (GA) with artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm. The EABC strengthens the exploitation phase of ABC as crossover enhances exploration of search space. Projected EABC algorithm has been tested on has been tested on standard IEEE 118 & practical 191 bus test systems and simulation results show clearly about the premium performance of the proposed algorithm in reducing the real power loss.