Optimal capacitor allocation in radial distribution systems for loss reduction: A two stage method

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-174

  Abul'Wafa, Ahmed R ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Capacitor allocation; Cost function; Load flow; Power loss reduction; Radial distribution feeder reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE LOCATIONS; CAPACITOR ALLOCATION; CAPACITOR CURRENT; CAPACITOR LOCATION; CAPACITOR PLACEMENT; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK CONFIGURATION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LOAD FLOW; LOSS REDUCTION; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; OPTIMAL CAPACITOR ALLOCATION; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; POWER LOSS REDUCTION; POWER-LOSSES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; TIE SWITCH; TWO-STAGE METHODS; VOLTAGE PROFILE; VOLTAGE PROFILE IMPROVEMENT;

COST FUNCTIONS; CURRENT LIMITING REACTORS; FEEDING; OPTIMIZATION;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84867036809     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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