A probabilistic approach for SVC placement with harmonic control and reactive power compensation

This paper presents an efficient method planning Static var Compensators (SVC) to control harmonic voltage distortion and reactive power compensation a power system. The planning problem is formulated as an unconstrained optimization problem. In the approach also considers probabilistic characteristics of voltage, current and impedance of fundamental and harmonics in a power system. The objective function is the fundamental voltages and harmonic voltage distortion of the system. The SVC siting indices are computed to find the most suitable SVC locations. Simulation results obtained by testing an actual distribution system show that the proposed method is robust and computationally efficient.