Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Energy
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Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Optimal power flow using kepler optimization algorithm for active power loss analysis in island mode: A case study Günnur Şen, Mehmet Zeki Bilgin Heliyon, 2025 Growth in electricity grids, environmental awareness, and power reliability requirements necessitate the development of solutions for single- and multi-objective Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problems, emphasizing the need for effective optimization algorithms. In literature, both classical optimization techniques and metaheuristic algorithm-based methods have been proposed to solve the OPF problem. Studies are typically conducted on the test systems. Additionally, the applicability of these methods to real systems is also of great importance. In this study, the Kepler Optimization Algorithm (KOA), was applied to solve the OPF problem not only on test systems but also, for the first time in the literature, on a real system operating in island mode to determine its optimal operating points. First, KOA's performance was evaluated for various objective functions on the IEEE 30, IEEE 57, and IEEE 118 bus test systems. Using the KOA, results were obtained for single- and multi-objective functions, including fuel cost, active power loss, emission, and voltage deviation, either individually or all together. The same objective functions were also solved using the Golf Optimization Algorithm (GOA) and Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) using the population and iteration parameters, and the results were compared with those obtained using KOA. KOA demonstrated superior performance compared to GOA and WOA in all objective functions across the three test systems. Additionally, the results were compared with other numerous methods proposed in the literature to assess KOA's performance. The findings indicated that KOA obtained better performance in most of the objective functions. Finally, the KOA was used on a real 22-bus system operating in island mode to evaluate its performance. For this real system, results of 6563.724 $/h fuel cost, 0.1283 MW active power loss, and 0.0498 p.u. voltage deviation were obtained, indicating that KOA could be effectively utilized in real systems.
The effect of ambient temperature on electric power generation in natural gas combined cycle power plant—A case study Günnur Şen, Mustafa Nil, Hayati Mamur, Halit Doğan, Mustafa Karamolla, Mevlüt Karaçor, Fadıl Kuyucuoğlu, Nuran Yörükeren, Mohammad Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan Energy Reports, 2018 Natural gas combined cycle power plants (CCPPs) are widely used to meet peak loads in electric energy production. Continuous monitoring of the output electrical power of CCPPs is a requirement for power performance. In this study, the role of ambient temperature change having the greatest effect on electric production is experimentally investigated for a natural gas CCPP. The plant has generated electricity for fourteen years and setup at 240 MW in Aliaæga, çIzmir, Turkey. Depending on the seasonal temperature changes, the study data were obtained from each gas turbine (GT), steam turbine (ST) and combined cycle blocks (CCBs) in the ambient temperature range of 8-23 °C. In electric energy production, an important decrease was in the GTs because of the temperature increase. This decrease indirectly affected the electric energy production of the STs. As a result, the efficiency of each GT, ST and CCB decreased, although the quantity of fuel consumed by the controllers in the plant was reduced. As a result of this data, it has been recommended and applied that additional precautions have been taken in the power plant to bring the air entering the combustion chamber to ideal conditions and necessary air cooling systems have been installed.
