• DocumentCode
    76623
  • Title

    A Weighted Least Squares Algorithm for Optimal PMU Placement

  • Author

    Manousakis, Nikolaos M ; Korres, G.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    3499
  • Lastpage
    3500
  • Abstract
    This letter presents a new method for optimal placement of phasor measurement units (PMU) for complete power system observability. The optimal PMU placement (OPP) problem is formulated as a quadratic minimization problem with continuous decision variables subject to nonlinear observability constraints. The optimal solution is obtained by an unconstrained nonlinear weighted least squares (WLS) approach. Simulations are conducted on different IEEE systems (14-bus, 30-bus, 57-bus, and 118-bus) to prove the validity of the proposed algorithm.
  • Keywords
    IEEE standards; least squares approximations; phasor measurement; IEEE systems; optimal PMU placement; phasor measurement units; power system; quadratic minimization; weighted least squares algorithm; Linear programming; Observability; Optimization; Phasor measurement units; Polynomials; Power systems; Vectors; Observability constraints; optimal placement; phasor measurement unit; weighted least squares;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8950
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2242698
  • Filename
    6472269