Capacitors in radial/mesh distribution systems are used to supply reactive power to minimize loss and to improve the voltage profile. The appropriate placement of capacitors is also important to ensure that system power losses and total investment capacitor costs are minimal. The capacitor placement problem consists of finding specific sitting and sizing to install capacitor banks in an electri...

this paper describes an advantageous method for using the capacitor banks in the distribution network, optimally. the aim is to determine the count, location and capacitor values in order to minimize the annual cost resulting from energy losses and capacitor bank’s installation cost. besides, in the case of having nonlinear loads in the network, by installing capacitors in appropriate locations...

The Los Alamos computational model of exploding metallic foil behavior has been used to analyze and design a wide range of experiments in which exploding metallic foils were driven by the output current of capacitor banks and magnetic flux compression generators. Currents in the experiments ranged from 1 kA-16 MA and foil conduction times ranged from 200 ns-300 J.lS. The successes and limitatio...

Fault location has been studied deeply for transmission lines due to its importance in power systems. Nowadays the problem of fault location on distribution systems is receiving special attention mainly because of the power quality regulations. In this context, this paper analyses the influence of the capacitance of cables and compensation capacitor banks when impedance-based algorithms are use...

Industries having poor power factor face the problem of reduced power quality and increased electricity charges. To improve the power factor, capacitor banks of appropriate KVAR ratings are to be placed. In this paper the inductive loads in a sugar mill are investigated and suitable power factor improvement capacitors are recommended. The effect of low power factor on distribution losses and KV...

-----------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT----------------------------------------------------This paper proposes an algorithm based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for optimal network reconfiguration of a distribution system in the presence of Distributed Generators (DGs) and Shunt Capacitor Banks to balance the feeder loads and to eliminate overloading conditions. The ...

Future smart grids will be featured by flexible supply-demand management and great incursion of renewable energy to enable efficient and inexpensive grid operation. While the renewable energy offer a cheaper and cleaner energy deliver, it introduces supply improbability due to the volatility of renewable source. In this project power consumption of the loads are determined according to that the...

This paper presents a new method to optimize locating and the size of fixed and switching capacitor banks based on Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA). The algorithm is proposed for radial and meshed networks in the presence of unbalanced and nonlinear loads. The objective function considers the minimization of the total energy loss costs and capacitor installation cost, network total harmonic...