A New Method Based on Artifıcial Bee Colony Algorithm for the Optimal Location of Shunt Connected Facts Devices

Authors : Volkan YAMAÇLI, Kadir ABACI

Pages : 17-34

Doi:10.30931/jetas.413552

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Publication Date : 2018-04-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this paper, a new and easy to implement heuristic method related to the Artificial Bee Colony insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ABC); algorithm is proposed for the optimal location of shunt connected Flexible AC transmission systems insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FACTS); devices such as Static Var Compensator insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SVC); and Static Synchronous Compensator insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(STATCOM); randomly and dynamically. Voltage stability enhancement, voltage profile improvement and active power loss minimization by using minimum number of devices and var compensator sizing are defined as the objective functions for the proposed methodology. Optimization results of the bi-objective and multi-objective functions are compared with the results reported in literature. Also, by comparing the results obtained by using ABC algorithm and Differential Evolution insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DE); method, it can be stated that proposed algorithm can converge to better results by using minimum device number.
Keywords : Artificial bee colony, power systems, statcom, svc, voltage stability