Optimal capacitor placement to distribution transformers for power loss reduction in radial distribution systems

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4072-4079

  Xu, Yan ^a   Dong, Zhao Yang ^b   Wong, Kit Po ^c   Liu, Evan ^d   Yue, Benjamin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Companhia de Electricidade de Macau ^*  (Macao)

Author keywords

Capacitor placement; Distribution transformer (TR); Mixed integer programming (MIP); Net present value (NPV); Radial distribution system

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR PLACEMENT; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NET PRESENT VALUE; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84886100706     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2273502     Document Type: Article

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