Classification of capacitor allocation techniques

Author

Ng, H.N. ; Salama, M.M.A. ; Chikhani, A.Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

1/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

387

Lastpage

392

Abstract

The problem of capacitor allocation for loss reduction in electric distribution systems has been extensively researched over the past several decades. This paper describes the evolution of the research and provides an evaluation of the practicality and accuracy of the capacitor placement algorithms in the literature. The intent of this paper is not to provide a complete survey of all the literature in capacitor allocation, but to provide researchers and utility engineers further insight into the choices of available capacitor allocation techniques and their respective merits and shortcomings. Furthermore, this paper serves as a useful and practical guideline to assist in the implementation of an appropriate capacitor allocation technique

Keywords

losses; power capacitors; power distribution planning; capacitor allocation techniques classification; capacitor placement algorithms; electric distribution systems; loss reduction; Bibliographies; Control systems; Cost function; Energy management; Guidelines; Power capacitors; Power system management; Reactive power; Reactive power control; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.847278

Filename

847278