Harmony Search Approach Based on Ricker Map for Multi-Objective Transformer Design Optimization

Author

Hultmann Ayala, Helon Vicente ; Dos Santos Coelho, Leandro ; Mariani, Viviana Cocco ; Valencia Ferreira Da Luz, Mauricio ; Leite, Jean Vianei

Author_Institution

Ind. & Syst. Eng. Grad. Program, Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

Volume

51

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar-15

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Harmony search (HS) algorithm is an evolutionary optimization algorithm developed in an analogy with an improvisation process where musicians try to polish their pitches to obtain a better harmony. In this paper, a modified HS (MHS) algorithm is adapted to multi-objective optimization using external archiving, ranking with crowding distance, and control parameters tuning based on Ricker map to solve a transformer design optimization (TDO) problem with two competing objectives. Simulations applied to a TDO problem demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed multi-objective MHS algorithm. Results indicate that, compared with other multi-objective HS algorithm, in terms of output quality, the proposed MHS is able to find competitive solutions with a good tradeoff between the design objectives.

Keywords

optimisation; power transformers; search problems; Ricker map; TDO problem; archiving; control parameter tuning; crowding distance; evolutionary optimization algorithm; harmony search algorithm; improvisation process; modified HS algorithm; multiobjective MHS algorithm; multiobjective optimization; ranking; transformer design optimization; Copper; Current transformers; Optimization; Sociology; Statistics; Transformer cores; Windings; Harmony search (HS); multi-objective optimization; transformer design optimization (TDO);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2014.2372332

Filename

7093487