A practical method for tranmission expansion planning

Abstract

This paper proposes a practical method for transmission expansion planning. This method suggests the optimization grid planning by integer programming using branch and bound method, which utilizes a network flow approach and the maximum flow-minimum cut set theorem to minimize investment budget of transmission line construction and subject to deterministic criterion using a program Cmexp. For. The timing priority of new line construction is determined on the comparison of probabilistic reliability indices of each new system using TRELSS 6.2 program. The new power system is verified an operation conditions as like as the power system stability by using a PowerWorld program. The proposed method has been tested on IEEE-MRTS.