Voltage Regulators and Capacitor Placement in Three-phase Distribution Systems with Non-linear and Unbalanced Loads

This paper investigates the problem of contemporaneously choosing optimal locations and sizes for both shunt capacitors and series voltage regulators in three-phase unbalanced distribution systems. The sizing and placement procedure not only minimizes the power losses along distribution feeders but also makes sure that both capacitors and series regulators will have the minimum possible impact on the harmonic distortion of bus voltages in the system. The fact that distribution systems can operate under unbalanced loading conditions means that the optimization will have to account for any unbalances in the system. A genetic algorithm, which successfully solves the above-described problem, is developed and tested. This paper presents the results of simulations for a 34-bus IEEE distribution test system.

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