Optimal Location and Parameter Settings of UPFC Device in Transmission System based on Imperialistic Competitive Algorithm
Subject Areas : journal of Artificial Intelligence in Electrical Engineering
Keywords: voltage profile, Imperialistic Competitive Algorithm (ICA), Loadability, Optimal Location, Optimal settings Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC),
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a new method to determine the optimal location and parameter settings of UnifiedPower Flow Controller (UPFC) for removing voltage violations and transmission lines overloading. UPFC isconsidered as the most powerful member of the FACTS devices, that it can control shunt and series power flow.This option gives to UPFC the power to control the voltage profile and transmission lines flow simultaneously.We used the Imperialistic Competitive Algorithm (ICA) to determine the optimal location and optimal parametersettings of UPFC to improve the performance of the power system specially removing voltage violations in thebuses and solving transmission lines overloading to increase loadability in the power networks. This procedureis proposed to be applied on IEEE 14 bus system to show the validity of the method.
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