Multiple STATCOM Allocation and Sizing Using Particle Swarm Optimization

Author

Del Valle, Y. ; Hernandez, J.C. ; Venayagamoorthy, G.K. ; Harley, R.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

1884

Lastpage

1891

Abstract

This study shows step by step the application of the particle swarm optimization (PSO) method to solve the problem of optimal allocation and sizing of multiple static compensators (STATCOM) in a medium size power network (45 bus system, part of the Brazilian power network). The PSO is proposed as an alternative methodology for traditional heuristic approaches and complicated mixed integer linear and non linear programming methods. Simulation results show the suitability of the PSO technique in finding multiple optimal solutions to the problem (Pareto front) with reasonable computational effort. As a part of this study, the optimal setting of PSO parameters is investigated and different power system load conditions are tested to determine the impact over the location and size of each STATCOM unit

Keywords

particle swarm optimisation; static VAr compensators; integer linear programming method; medium size power network; multiple STATCOM allocation; non linear programming method; particle swarm optimization; Automatic voltage control; Flexible AC transmission systems; Linear programming; Particle swarm optimization; Power system simulation; Power system transients; Power systems; STATCOM; Steady-state; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2006. PSCE '06. 2006 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0177-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0178-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2006.296200

Filename

4076026