Paper Info
Title
Optimal Capacitor Allocation In Distribution Systems Using Genetic Algorithm
Abstract
The Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been used to solve the capacitor placement problem in a radial distribution system. This problem considers practical operating constraints of capacitors, capacity of the feeder and the upper and lower bound constraints on voltage at different load levels to minimize the investment cost of capacitors and system energy loss. A sensitivity analysis method is used to select the candidate installation locations of the capacitors to reduce the search space of this problem a priori. A simple iterative method is used to compute the power flow. The results obtained for 69-branch system are compared with the solutions obtained by Tabu Search (TS) and Hybrid Approach techniques. It is demonstrated that the proposed Genetic Algorithm method offers the global optimal solution with greater saving.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2008
COMPUTER SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Load Flow, Losses, Network, Optimization Methods, Genetic Algorithm, Capacitors, Voltage Profile, Power Distribution
Field
DocType
Volume
Mathematical optimization,Capacitor,Computer science,Distribution system,Genetic algorithm
Journal
23
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6
0267-6192
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
S. P. Singh15314.55
C. Kistanna200.34
A. R. Rao300.34