VAr compensation by sequential quadratic programming

Author

Abril, Ignacio Pérez ; Quintero, José Angel González

Author_Institution

Electr. Studies Center, Central Univ. of Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2003

fDate

2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

41

Abstract

This paper presents an application of the sequential quadratic programming method to find the optimal sizing of shunt capacitors and/or passive filters for maximizing the net present value resulting from energy-loss reduction while taking investment cost into account and complying with the IEEE-519 standard. The proposed methodology allows the simultaneous solving for fixed and switched volt ampere reactive (VAr) compensators by considering a characteristic load variation curve for each linear and nonlinear load.

Keywords

control system synthesis; load (electric); power system control; power system harmonics; power system planning; quadratic programming; reactive power control; IEEE-519 standard; characteristic load variation curve; energy-loss reduction; linear load; nonlinear load; passive filter sizing optimisation; reactive power compensators; sequential quadratic programming method; shunt capacitors sizing optimisation; Capacitors; Circuits; Cost function; Investments; Passive filters; Power harmonic filters; Power system harmonics; Quadratic programming; Reactive power; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2002.807049

Filename

1178757