In this paper, a combination of simulated annealing (SA) and intelligent water drops (IWD) algorithm is used to solve the nonlinear/complex problem of simultaneous reconfiguration with optimal allocation (size and location) of wind turbine (WT) as a distributed generation (DG) and dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) as a distributed flexible AC transmission systems (DFACT) unit in a distribution sys...

This paper presents a novel optimization based methodology to allocate Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices in an attempt to improve the previously mentioned researches in this field. Static voltage stability enhancement, voltage profile improvement, line congestion alleviation, and FACTS devices investment cost reduction, have been considered, simultaneously, as objective funct...

In emerging electric power systems, increased transactions often lead to the situations where the system no longer remains in secure operating region. The flexible Ac transmission system (FACTS) controllers can play an important role in the power system security enhancement. However, due to high capital investment, it is necessary to locate these controllers optimally in the power system. FACTS...

Abstract: Due to the expansion of high voltage Alternating Current (AC) power transmission lines and cathodically protected buried pipelines, it is becoming more and more difficult to construct them with enough safe distances between them. Thus, the pipelines are frequently exposed to induced AC interferences, which result in perturbation of Cathodic Protection (CP) due to AC corrosion. To s...

A fuzzy-controller design by the hybrid of genetic algorithm and particle-swarm optimisation (F-HGAPSO) is employed for a thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC) to improve the transient stability of flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS). According to the variation of rotation speed, a fuzzy controller decides an approximate series capacitance to achieve a better dynamic response of FAC...

ower transformers and steam turbines were the key drivers in the development of the AC power system paradigm at the dawn of the 20th century, characterized by huge synchronous generators feeding millions of passive loads through large interconnected systems, all of them supervised and controlled from a centralized energy management system (EMS). In the same way, thyristor valves and IGBTs, intr...

Today’s power systems are large networks of electrical energy sources and load components, connected over long distances mainly through alternating current (AC) transmission and distribution grids. This basic structure currently undergoes significant changes to ensure the stability, availability and sustainability of the future electrical energy infrastructure. As a result, power system operati...

Flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS) controllers, which can effectively enhance the loadability of the network by controlling the power flows, must be placed optimally due to their high cost. This paper proposes a mixed integer based non-linear programming approach for optimal location of UPFC for system loadability enhancement in competitive electricity markets. The method accounts for ac ...