Optimal PMU placement for power system observability using differential evolution

Author

Al-Mohammed, A.H. ; Abido, M.A. ; Mansour, M.M.

Author_Institution

CTAPD/East Substation Projects Div., Saudi Electr. Co., Dammam, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

277

Lastpage

282

Abstract

This paper investigates the application of differential evolution (DE) algorithm for the problem of optimal placement of phasor measurement units (PMUs) in an electric power network. The problem is to determine the minimum number of PMUs and their respective locations to make the system observable. In order to cope with the continuous changes in the power system´s topology, the optimization problem is formulated considering not only the new PMUs to be installed but also the existing ones to be retained or relocated. Additionally, the new formulation takes into account the locations, if any, at which PMUs shall or shall not be placed. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified via IEEE 14-bus, 30-bus, 39-bus and 57-bus standard systems.

Keywords

IEEE standards; distribution networks; optimisation; phasor measurement; transmission networks; IEEE 14-bus standard; IEEE 30-bus standard; IEEE 39-bus standard; IEEE 57-bus standard; differential evolution; electric power network; optimal PMU placement; optimization problem; phasor measurement units; power system observability; power system topology; Decision support systems; Intelligent systems; Observability; Phasor measurement units; Power systems; Differential Evolution (DE); Optimal PMU Placement (OPP); Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA), 2011 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cordoba

ISSN

2164-7143

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1676-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISDA.2011.6121668

Filename

6121668