Coordinated allocation of dispersed reactive power resources for voltage regulation and loss minimization

• Main Authors: Idris, Abdelrahman O., Shareef, Hussain, Khalid, S. N., Islam, Md. M., Akbar, Siddiqul, Alkhatib, Ashwaq A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Publishing Corporation 2019
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87485/1/SNKhalid2019_CoordinatedAllocationofDispersedReactive.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87485/; https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet/article/view/25971
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The major problems faced by utility companies are to provide standard voltage levels and to minimize system power losses. This paper introduces a coordinated allocation of multiple distributed reactive energy resources to regulate system voltage and minimize power loss-es. For this purpose sensitivity study is used to determine the appropriate location for placing distributed reactive energy resources and thereby reduce the search. The Al-Ain power distribution network (AADN) is considered as a real-world case study. For the AADN un-der investigation, a suitable objective function is formulated to lessen the installation cost and electric power losses. The problem is re-solved by using the tabu search optimization method and DIgSILENT PowerFactory simulation software. Results depict that the pro-posed method can minimize system electric power losses and improve voltage regulation.