Capacitors dispatch for quasi minimum energy loss in distribution systems using a loop-analysis based method

W.C. Wu, B.M. Zhang, K.L. Lo

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Abstract

The dispatch of capacitors in distribution systems for daily operation is investigated in this paper. The objective is to determine the next day operating schedule of the capacitors so as to minimize the total daily energy loss. A loop-analysis based analytic algorithm is developed in this paper to efficiently calculate the optimal settings of capacitor with time-varying load. Firstly, capacitors switching times are determined by a heuristic method. Then, the optimal settings of capacitors for all operating times are calculated by an iterative algorithm. Numerical simulations were done and the results show that the proposed algorithm has an approximately linear convergence and is efficient.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)543–550
Number of pages8
JournalElectrical Power and Energy Systems
Volume32
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2010

Keywords

  • capacitor optimization
  • energy loss minimization
  • distribution systems
  • loop-analysis

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