DocumentCode
2808162
Title
Optimal allocation of shunt capacitors placed in a microgrid operating in the islanded mode
Author
Al-Askari, Sharief A. ; Ranade, Satish J. ; Mitra, Joydeep
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
23-25 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
406
Lastpage
411
Abstract
This paper studies the design of reactive power supply of microgrids. The problem can be stated as follows: for a given microgrid, we seek an optimum allocation of reactive power sources so that adequate voltages can be maintained during grid connected operation as well as one or more topologies of islanded operation. A genetic algorithm is used to develop the optimal allocation.
Keywords
distributed power generation; genetic algorithms; power capacitors; power grids; power system interconnection; reactive power; genetic algorithm; grid connected operation; islanded operation topology; microgrids reactive power supply; shunt capacitors optimal allocation; Capacitors; Cogeneration; Distributed power generation; Genetic algorithms; Power supplies; Power system management; Reactive power; Standby generators; USA Councils; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power Symposium, 2005. Proceedings of the 37th Annual North American
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9255-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NAPS.2005.1560576
Filename
1560576
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