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Harmony Search Algorithm for STATCOM Controllers Tuning in a Multi Machine Environment


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1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Boroujen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujen, Iran, Islamic Republic of
 

This paper presents the application of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) to voltage support in a multimachine electric power system. Harmony Search (HS) Algorithm as a meta-heuristic optimization method is considered for tuning the parameters of STATCOM. In order to evaluate the performance of STATCOM in voltage support, a multi-machine electric power system installed with STATCOM is considered as case study. The system under study is IEEE 14 bus standard system testing. The results are compared with the system without STATCOM. Several nonlinear time-domain simulation tests visibly show the ability of STATCOM in voltage support.

Keywords

Static Synchronous Compensator, Voltage, Multi-machine Power System, Harmony Search, Algorithm
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Authors

Sayed Mojtaba Shirvani Boroujeni
Department of Electrical Engineering, Boroujen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujen, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Babak Keyvani Boroujeni
Department of Electrical Engineering, Boroujen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujen, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hamideh Delafkar
Department of Electrical Engineering, Boroujen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujen, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Elahe Behzadipour
Department of Electrical Engineering, Boroujen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujen, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Reza Hemmati
Department of Electrical Engineering, Boroujen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujen, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


This paper presents the application of static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) to voltage support in a multimachine electric power system. Harmony Search (HS) Algorithm as a meta-heuristic optimization method is considered for tuning the parameters of STATCOM. In order to evaluate the performance of STATCOM in voltage support, a multi-machine electric power system installed with STATCOM is considered as case study. The system under study is IEEE 14 bus standard system testing. The results are compared with the system without STATCOM. Several nonlinear time-domain simulation tests visibly show the ability of STATCOM in voltage support.

Keywords


Static Synchronous Compensator, Voltage, Multi-machine Power System, Harmony Search, Algorithm

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2011%2Fv4i9%2F30226