Abstract: This paper presents selection of optimal location and tap setting for voltage regulators in Unbalanced Radial Distribution Systems (URDS). Power loss index (PLI) is used for the selection of optimal location of voltage regulators and Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is used for selecting the tap position of voltage regulator in an unbalanced radial distribution system. This algorithm makes the initial selection and tap position setting of the voltage regulators to minimize power losses and provide a good voltage profile along the distribution network. The effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated on a test system of IEEE 33 bus unbalanced radial distribution systems.
Keywords: Unbalanced Radial Distribution Systems (URDS), Particle swarm optimization (PSO), Voltage Regulator placement, Loss minimization.
Title: Voltage Profile Improvement and Loss Minimization with Voltage Regulators Using Particle Swarm Optimization
Author: Namrata Sahu
International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research
ISSN 2348-6988 (online)
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