Review of reactive power planning: Objectives, constraints, and algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2177-2186

  Zhang, Wenjuan ^a,b   Li, Fangxing ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b California ISO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs); Evolutionary computation; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets; Genetic algorithms; Linear programming; linear programming (LP); Mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP); Multi objective optimization; Network security; Nonlinear programming; Nonlinear programming (NLP); OPF; Optimal control; Reactive power; Reactive power optimal allocation; Reactive power planning; Security constrained OPF with voltage stability consideration (SCOPF VS); Security constrained OPF (SCOPF); Simulated annealing; Simulated annealing (SA); Tabu search (TS); Voltage control; Voltage stability margin

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL POWER FLOW; REACTIVE POWER PLANNING;

REACTIVE POWER;

EID: 36348994414     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2007.907452     Document Type: Review

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