Losses Reduction and Voltage Improvement Using Optimum Capacitor Allocation by PSO in Power Distribution Networks

• Main Authors: Hasan, Ihsan Jabbar, Gan, Chin Kim, Shamshiri, Meysam, Ismadi , Bugis, Ab Ghani, Mohd Ruddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Praise Worthy Prize 2013
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10060/1/IREMOS_VOL_6_N_4_Published.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10060/

Capacitor installation is one of the common methods of the reactive power compensation in power distribution networks. In this paper, the optimum capacitor placement and sizing has been executed in the distribution network in terms of power losses minimization and voltage profile improvement. The ma...