1. Differential Evolution Technique for the Optimization of Reactive Power Reserves.
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Bhattacharyya, Biplab and Raj, Saurav
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ELECTRIC potential measurement , *DIFFERENTIAL evolution , *GENETIC algorithms , *REACTIVE power , *MATHEMATICAL optimization - Abstract
In the present work, reactive power planning problem along with voltage stability margin is addressed by effective co-ordination of reactive power sources. Modal analysis and L-index methods are used to detect weak nodes of the system accordingly. Differential Evolution (DE) and Genetic Algorithm (GA)-based optimization techniques are applied for the proper co-ordination of Var sources under base and increased loading conditions maintaining voltage stability of the connected power network. The problem is multi-objective and IEEE 30 bus system is taken as the standard system. It is observed that modal analysis based detection of weak nodes are more effective than the L-index-based detection. Moreover, the DE-based optimization algorithm gives better result compared to GA-based approach in maximizing reactive power reserves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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