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The article is devoted to solving the problem of managing the mode parameters of an urban electrical network in case of a discrepancy between the actual electrical load and the specific load. Such an issue leads to a deviation of the parameters, in particular, voltage asymmetry in phases due to current asymmetry. To optimize the mode parameters, it is required that the effective value of the electrical load corresponds as much as possible to the values of the specific electrical load. This depends on the following: actual power consumption, external (climatic and meteorological) factors, internal factors (structural design of residential buildings, uneven load when distributed over the phases of three-phase lines and inputs, different number of electrical receivers for consumers), and the provision of consumers with other sources of energy (both gas and heat supply, and hot water supply). To establish the influencing factors on the actual power consumption, it is proposed to generalize the uncertainty accounting coefficient which generalizes both more well-known and less considered factors. Therefore, the authors propose models for determining the electrical loads based on the possibility of assessing the mode parameters of the electrical network by electrical loads. The accuracy of the proposed models is based on the use of the proposed forecasting method considering the actual power consumption and the generalized uncertainty coefficient. Applying the obtained data based on models of electrical loads to the constructed model of a part of a distribution electrical network with real parameters of the electrical network in the MathWorks Simulink environment, the correspondence to the mode parameters of the distribution electrical network is determined. As a result, a device for balancing the voltage depending on the load asymmetry is proposed that is related to the discrepancy between the mode parameters allowing control of the mode parameters by bringing them to acceptable values.

In recent years, hybrid approaches on population-based algorithms are more often applied in industrial settings. In this paper, we present the approach of a combination of universal, problem-free Swarm Intelligence (SI) algorithms with simple deterministic domain-specific heuristic algorithms. The approach focuses on improving efficiency by sharing the advantages of domain-specific heuristic and swarm algorithms. A heuristic algorithm helps take into account the specifics of the problem and effectively translate the positions of agents (particle, ant, bee) into the problem's solution. And a Swarm algorithm provides an increase in the adaptability and efficiency of the approach due to stochastic and self-organized properties. We demonstrate this approach on two non-trivial optimization tasks: scheduling problem and finding the minimum distance between 3D isomers.

Global digital transformation of the energy sector has led to the emergence of multiple digital platform solutions, the implementation of which have revealed new problems associated with continuous growth of data volumes requiring new approaches to their processing and analysis. This article is devoted to the improper application of machine learning approaches and flawed interpretation of their output at various stages of decision support systems development: data collection; model development, training and testing as well as industrial implementation. As a real industrial case study, the article examines the power generation forecasting problem of photovoltaic power plants. The authors supplement the revealed problems with the corresponding recommendation for industrial specialists and software developers. © 2022 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved. The reported study was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research RFBR, research project No. 20-010-00911.

The paper considers the problem of optimal control of a prosumer with a wind power plant in smart grid. It is shown that control can be performed in non-deterministic conditions due to the impossibility of accurate forecasting of the generation from renewable plants. A control model based on a priority queue of logical rules with structural-parametric optimization is applied. The optimization problem is considered from a separate prosumer, not from the entire distributed system. The solution of the optimization problem is performed by three swarm intelligence algorithms. Computational experiments were carried out for models of wind energy systems on Russky Island and Popov Island (Far East). The results obtained showed the high effectiveness of the swarm intelligence algorithms that demonstrated reliable and fast convergence to the global extreme of the optimization problem under different scenarios and parameters of prosumers. Also, we analyzed the influence of accumulator capacity on the variability of prosumers. The variability, in turn, affects the increase of the prosumer benefits from the interaction with the external global power system and neighboring prosumers.

Optimization of a power supply system is one of the main directions in power engineering research. The reactive power compensation reduces active power losses in transmission lines. In general, researches devoted to allocation and control of the compensation units consider this issue as a static optimization problem. However, it is dynamic and stochastic optimization problem that requires a real-time solution. To solve the dynamic optimization NP-hard problem, it is advisable to use Swarm Intelligence. This research deals with the problem of the compensation units power control as a dynamic optimization problem, considering the possible stochastic failures of the compensation units. The Particle Swarm Optimization and the Bees Algorithm were applied to solve it to compare the effectiveness of these algorithms in the dynamic optimization of a power supply system.

The issue of electric power grid mode of optimization is one of the basic directions in power engineering research. Currently, methods other than classical optimization methods based on various bio-heuristic algorithms are applied. The problems of reactive power optimization in a power grid using bio-heuristic algorithms are considered. These algorithms allow obtaining more efficient solutions as well as taking into account several criteria. The Firefly algorithm is adapted to optimize the placement of reactive power sources as well as to select their values. A key feature of the proposed modification of the Firefly algorithm is the solution for the multi-objective optimization problem. Algorithms based on a bio-heuristic process can find a neighborhood of global extreme, so a local gradient descent in the neighborhood is applied for a more accurate solution of the problem. Comparison of gradient descent, Firefly algorithm and Firefly algorithm with gradient descent is carried out.

The article dues to the arrangement of the reactive power sources in the power grid to reduce the active power losses in transmission lines and minimize cable cross-sections of the lines. The optimal arrangement is considered from two points of view. In the first case, it is possible to minimize the active power losses only. In the second case, it is possible to change the cross-sections of the supply lines to minimize both the active power losses and the volume of the cable lines. The sum of the financial cost of the active power losses, the capital investment to install the deep reactive power compensation, and cost of the cable volume is introduced as the single optimization criterion. To reduce the losses, the deep compensation of reactive power sources in nodes of the grid are proposed. This optimization problem was solved by the Genetic algorithm and the Particle Swarm optimization algorithm. It was found out that the deep compensation allows minimizing active power losses the cable cross-section. The cost-effectiveness of the suggested method is shown. It was found out that optimal allocation of the reactive power sources allows increasing from 9% to 20% the financial expenses for the enterprise considered.