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Performance Analysis of Radial Distribution Systems with UPQC and D-STATCOM

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This paper presents an effective method for finding optimum location of unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) and distributed static compensator (D-STATCOM) in radial distribution system. The bus having the minimum losses is selected as the candidate bus for UPQC placement and the optimal location of D-STATCOM is found by power loss index (PLI) method. The PLI values of all the buses are calculated and the bus having the highest PLI value is the most favorable bus and thus selected as candidate bus for D-STATCOM placement. Main contribution of this paper are: (i) finding optimum location of UPQC in radial distribution system (RDS) based on minimum power loss; (ii) finding the optimal size of UPQC which offers minimum losses; (iii) calculation of annual energy saving using UPQC and D-STATCOM; (iv) cost analysis with and without UPQC and D-STATCOM placement; and (v) comparison of results with and without UPQC and D-STATCOM placement in RDS. The algorithm is tested on IEEE 33-bus and 69-bus radial distribution systems by using MATLAB software.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

    Atma Ram Gupta & Ashwani Kumar

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Gupta, A.R., Kumar, A. Performance Analysis of Radial Distribution Systems with UPQC and D-STATCOM. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. B 98, 415–422 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40031-016-0254-4

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