Capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage improvement: a new methodology - Askarzadeh, Alireza (IET generation, transmission & distribution, 2016)
Keywords: capacitor installation costs; capacitor placement; Capacitors; combinatorial mathematics; complex combinatorial optimisation problem; crow search algorithm; CSA; Distribution management; distribution networks; distribution systems; Electric potential; electrical distribution networks; feeder capacity; food sources; metaheuristic technique; Networks; objective function; optimisation; Optimization; Placement; population‐based technique; power capacitors; Power loss; power loss reduction; reactive power; reactive power compensation; search problems; shunt capacitors; Voltage; voltage improvement; voltage profile; shunt capacitors; metaheuristic technique; combinatorial mathematics; distribution networks; reactive power compensation; electrical distribution networks; CSA; food sources; optimisation; distribution systems; population-based technique; reactive power; voltage improvement; crow search algorithm; capacitor installation costs; feeder capacity; complex combinatorial optimisation problem; capacitor placement; power loss reduction; voltage profile; search problems; power capacitors; objective function