OPF-based reactive power planning and voltage stability limit improvement under single line outage contingency condition through evolutionary algorithms

Authors : Sakthivel PADAIYATCHI, Mary DANIEL

Pages : 1092-1106

Doi:10.3906/elk-1111-12

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Reactive power planning is vital for maintaining the voltage stability of power systems and evolutionary algorithms are highly useful for achieving this task. This paper compares the effectiveness of the differential evolution insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DE); and evolutionary programming insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EP); algorithms in optimizing the reactive power planning of power systems under line outage contingency conditions. DE is efficient in exploration through the search space of the problem, while EP is simple and easy to implement. The low cost but fast response thyristor-controlled series capacitor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TCSC); flexible alternating current transmission system insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FACTS); device is incorporated to control the power flows. The optimal settings of the control variables of the generator voltages, transformer tap settings, and location and parameter settings of the TCSC are considered for reactive power planning and the resultant reactive power reserves. The effectiveness of the proposed work is tested on the IEEE-30 Bus test system under the most critical line outage condition.
Keywords : FACTS devices, TCSC, reactive power planning, evolutionary programming, differential evolution