Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim

The problem of losses in power transmission lines these days has been one of the popular topics in the power system field. This problem needs to be overcome due to the increasing of power demands nowadays. This problem may lead to voltage instability. Highly loaded increases may lead to voltage inst...

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Main Author: Abdul Halim, Syazana
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Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84591/1/84591.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.845912024-02-19T04:42:24Z Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim 2012 Abdul Halim, Syazana The problem of losses in power transmission lines these days has been one of the popular topics in the power system field. This problem needs to be overcome due to the increasing of power demands nowadays. This problem may lead to voltage instability. Highly loaded increases may lead to voltage instability. The voltage collapse minimizes the voltage magnitudes on which cause the system to be unable to distribute enough power according to the demands. Due to this phenomenon, losses in power generation especially highly loaded lines are very concerned. This thesis presents the Firefly Algorithm (FA) Method' in minimizing loss in the transmission lines in power systems. This algorithm method is idealized by some of the characteristics of fireflies. -The improvement of the voltage stability will be proved by determining the best size of Static Var Compensator (SVC) to be injected through the bus system. This study will involve MATLAB programming simulation to solve the analytical mathematic modeling showing the method proposed in this paper. A 30-bus IEEE Reliability Test System (RTS) is utilized as the test specimen. Results obtained from the experiment indicated that the proposed FA to optimize the sizing and location for SVC installation managed to minimize the loss. 2012 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84591/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84591/1/84591.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Electrical Engineering Musirin, Ismail
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description The problem of losses in power transmission lines these days has been one of the popular topics in the power system field. This problem needs to be overcome due to the increasing of power demands nowadays. This problem may lead to voltage instability. Highly loaded increases may lead to voltage instability. The voltage collapse minimizes the voltage magnitudes on which cause the system to be unable to distribute enough power according to the demands. Due to this phenomenon, losses in power generation especially highly loaded lines are very concerned. This thesis presents the Firefly Algorithm (FA) Method' in minimizing loss in the transmission lines in power systems. This algorithm method is idealized by some of the characteristics of fireflies. -The improvement of the voltage stability will be proved by determining the best size of Static Var Compensator (SVC) to be injected through the bus system. This study will involve MATLAB programming simulation to solve the analytical mathematic modeling showing the method proposed in this paper. A 30-bus IEEE Reliability Test System (RTS) is utilized as the test specimen. Results obtained from the experiment indicated that the proposed FA to optimize the sizing and location for SVC installation managed to minimize the loss.
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author Abdul Halim, Syazana
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Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim
author_facet Abdul Halim, Syazana
author_sort Abdul Halim, Syazana
title Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim
title_short Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim
title_full Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim
title_fullStr Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim
title_full_unstemmed Loss minimization with SVC installation using the Firefly Algorithm method / Syazana Abdul Halim
title_sort loss minimization with svc installation using the firefly algorithm method / syazana abdul halim
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2012
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84591/1/84591.pdf
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