An Approach for Power Loss Reduction in Radial Distribution Networks

Abstract

The loss power of distribution systems is increasingly more and more due to the increase of demand load from industrial zones and households as well as extended grids. For solving the problem, a strategy that can be regarded as a simple and effective way to allocate capacitor banks to the distribution systems. In the paper, a marine predator optimization algorithm (MPOA) is applied for determining the best size of capacitors and the most advantageous buses for the capacitors. The effectiveness of MPOA is scrutinized on two distribution systems considering the number of different integrated capacitors. The solutions found from MPOA are coped with those of recently available algorithms. Through the comparisons with previous studies, a conclusion is drawn that MPOA is a trustworthy method.

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