Abstract
Conference Title: 2014 15th International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE) Conference Start Date: 2014, May 12 Conference End Date: 2014, May 14 Conference Location: Brno-Bystrc, Czech Republic The restoration of power system after a global blackout is a very challenging problem. The power system restoration should be accomplished as soon as possible. To achieve a faster restoration process, an optimal schedule for the black-start (BS) units to crank the non-black start (NBS) units is required. In this paper, the firefly optimization algorithm (FA) is used to find both the optimal final sequence of NBS units restoration and the optimal transmission paths. The objective is to minimize the overall restoration time which lead to the maximization of the power generation capability of the system. The proposed algorithm is applied successfully to the IEEE 39 bus system. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]