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A new approach for minimizing power losses and improving voltage profile

Journal Article · · IEEE Trans. Power Syst.; (United States)
This paper presents a new method for minimizing transmission line losses and improving voltage profile in a given system by adjusting control variables, i.e., tap position of transformers and reactive power injection of VAR sources. Transmission losses are considered as a function of voltage increments. The control variables and voltage increments are related by a modified Jacobian matrix. Linear Programming (LP) is used to calculate the voltage increments which minimize the transmission losses, and the adjustments of control variables are obtained by a modified Jacobian matrix. Since this method does not need any matrix inversion, it will save computational time and memory space.
Research Organization:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616
OSTI ID:
6431785
Journal Information:
IEEE Trans. Power Syst.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Power Syst.; (United States) Vol. PWRS-2:2; ISSN ITPSE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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