Yt. Hsiao et al., A NEW APPROACH FOR OPTIMAL VAR SOURCES PLANNING IN LARGE-SCALE ELECTRIC-POWER SYSTEMS, IEEE transactions on power systems, 8(3), 1993, pp. 988-996
This paper presents a new approach for contingency-constrained optimal
reactive volt amper (VAR) sources planning in large-scale power syste
ms. Features distinguishing the proposed approach from many of the exi
sting methods include that it allows a more realistic problem formulat
ion, and that it can find the (global) optimal solution. The new probl
em formulation takes into consideration practical aspects of VAR sourc
es; the load constraints and operational constraints at different load
levels. This solution methodology based on simulated annealing determ
ines (1) the location to install VAR sources; (2) the types and sizes
of VAR sources to be installed; and (3) the settings of VAR sources at
different loading conditions. In order to speed up the solution algor
ithm, this paper makes a slight modification of the fast decoupled loa
d flow and incorporates it into the solution algorithm. This method is
suitable for large-scale power systems and has been tested on several
power systems with promising results. Simulation results on the IEEE
30 buses system and the Tai-power 358 buses system are presented.