Minimizing active power losses by incorporating Static Var Compensator (SVC) device into the power system

Abstract

In this paper, minimizing active power losses by incorporating Static Var Compensator (SVC) device into the power system is being investigated. The mentioned investigation is evaluated on the IEEE 24-bus and modified IEEE 24-bus systems. In this paper, modified version of IEEE 24-bus system is realized by connecting 15MW wind farm in node 5 of tested network. The optimal value of reactive power of SVC device and corresponding minimal power system losses are calculated by using program package General Algebraic Modeling System - GAMS. It is shown that the minimal value of the power system losses highly depends on SVC location in both analyzed cases, with or without wind farm in power system.