Optimal sizing of capacitors placed on a radial distribution system

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 735-743

  Baran, Mesut E ^a   Wu, Felix F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS--OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING--ALGORITHMS;

CAPACITOR SIZING; LARGE R/X RATIO BRANCHES; POWER FLOW EQUATIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; VOLTAGE CONSTRAINTS;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0024480990     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: 19374208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.19266     Document Type: Article

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