To develop a size and configuration optimization model for the electrical components of

the HRES i.e. the primary power supply (solar PV, Wind, and Bio-digester) and the
electrical storage system (battery) using a hybrid system of firefly algorithm (FFA) with
ant lion optimization (ALO) called (FFA-ALO).
To develop model predictive control (MPC) for power flow between components of Solar
PV, Wind, Bio-digester and Battery in order to minimize system operational cost using a
hybrid system of FFA-ALO alongside with Artificial neural network (ANN).
To develop a load demand forecast model for the HRES to give an hour ahead electrical
energy generated from the HRES model which will be useful for decision making and
planning using a hybrid system of FFA-ALO alongside with ANN.

The Squirrel Search Algorithm

A biologically- inspired optimization algorithm which has been proved to be more
effective for solving unimodal, multimodal and multidimensional optimization problems.
Merits of Squirrel Search Algorithm
- Have good efficiency and requires only a few number of iterations
- It is applied for solving unimodal, multimodal and multidimensional optimization
problems.
Demerits of Squirrel search
- Suffers from premature convergence and easily gets trapped in local optimal solution.

SELECTED OPTIMAL POWER FLOW CONTROL METHOD FROM

LITERATURE REVIEW
The hybrid system of SSA-ALO alongside with ANN will be used for the power flow
control of the HRES.
REASON FOR THE SELECTION
SELECTED OPTIMAL ENERGY DEMAND FORECAST METHOD FROM
LITERATURE REVIEW
Load forecasting is crucial to schedule energy in advance with meeting the load demand
of users.