Static and electromagnetic transient considerations incorporated into shunt capacitor allocation for distribution network using hybrid PSOGSA algorithm

Abstract

Nowadays the majority of electrical power systems are stricken by some intricacies originating from their running near operational and physical limits due to the restructuring and liberalization. Deploying any apparatus within such a system is required all aspects of studies. Shunt capacitor is one of those equipment being utilized for a broad range of objectives including power factor correction, reactive power compensation, system stability improvement, and power loss reduction. So, it is required to investigate all dimensions of its allocation in the light of steady-state along with electromagnetic transients. Regarding a better response of a shunt capacitor bank (CB) to a distribution network, the steady-state study associated with its allocation is generally conducted while in many cases, consideration of electromagnetic transient is omitted. Consequently, it is more likely to cause transient overvoltage and extreme charging/discharging current damaging system equipment severely. In this paper, an integrated approach is proposed to make a compromise between two issues, steady-state study to find the optimal allocation of CBs and capacitor switching with minimum electromagnetic transients. In steady-state study, estimating the optimal allocation of CB is carried out through the hybrid PSOGSA algorithm. A certain privilege of this algorithm is to integrate the ability of exploitation in PSO with the ability of exploration in GSA to synthesize both algorithms’ strength. Moreover, the minimum electromagnetic transient of CB switching amongst the potential allocation sets is identified by a new index. The proposed method is verified by EMTP-RV and MATLAB software and the results show its applicability.