Optimized FACTS Devices for Power System Enhancement: Applications and Solving Methods

The use of FACTS devices in power systems has become increasingly popular recent years, as they offer a number benefits, including improved voltage profile, reduced losses, and increased system reliability safety. However, determining the optimal type, location, size can be challenging optimization problem, it involves mixed integer, nonlinear, nonconvex constraints. To address this issue, researchers have applied various techniques to determine configuration systems. paper provides an in-depth comprehensive review that been used published works field. classifies into four main groups: classical techniques, metaheuristic methods, analytic or hybrid methods. Classical are conventional approaches widely problems. Metaheuristic methods stochastic search algorithms effective for Analytic involve sensitivity analysis gradient-based techniques. Mixed combine different improve solution quality. also performance comparison these which useful selecting appropriate method specific problem. Finally, offers some advice future research field, such developing new handle complexity problem incorporating uncertainties model. Overall, valuable resource practitioners field optimization, summarizes solve insights their applicability.