Optimal capacitor placement in distribution networks

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Sharaf, A M ^a   Ibrahim, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacitor placement; Distribution systems; Energy conservation; Voltage stability

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEM STABILITY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CAPACITOR PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES; EQUIVALENT GENERIC SINGLE LINE MODEL (EGSLM); FULL LOAD FLOW MODEL (FLFM);

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030157355     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7796(96)01057-7     Document Type: Article

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