ABC ALGORITHM BASED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OPTIMAL SVC AND TCSC PLACEMENT TO MAXIMIZE LOADABILITY

摘要

This paper presents a comparative analysis on optimal placement of SVC and TCSC devices to maximize the transfer capacity of the power system. Ant Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is applied to determine the optimal location and sizing of these FACTS devices that maximizes system load ability, reduces real power loss, reduces voltage deviation, with minimum cost of installation. Three case studies namely base case, only SVC, Only TCSC are considered. The proposed method has been tested on IEEE 6 and 30 bus systems. The results indicate that the proposed method gives better solution and will be useful in power system planning.