Classification of capacitor allocation techniques

The problem of capacitor allocation for loss reduction in electric distribu tion systems has been extensively researched over the past several decades. This paper describes the evolution of the research and provides an evaluat ion of the practicality and accuracy of the capacitor placement algorithms in the literature, The intent of this paper is not to provide a complete su rvey of all the literature in capacitor allocation, but to provide research ers and utility engineers further insight into the choices of available cap acitor allocation techniques and their respective merits and shortcomings, Furthermore, this paper serves as a useful and practical guideline to assis t in the implementation of an appropriate capacitor allocation technique.