Development of an algorithm for searching optimal solutions for compensation of reactive power

Abstract

The problem of reactive power compensation, which includes many tasks, was substantiated in the work. Taking into account a number of specific problems of reactive power compensation and analysis of various electrical systems, an effective method of the calculation of the steady-state operation of the electrical network, on the basis of which the program “KRM_2021V7” was developed, is proposed. The method of nodal voltage, which was accompanied by the compilation of the system of equations and schematic matrices, among which the matrix of nodal conductivities and nodal loads were distinguished, is considered. An algorithm for finding optimal solutions for reactive power compensation is formulated and developed. Also, the work explains the use of genetic algorithms of mutation and population to find optimal solutions. The result of the calculation of losses in power lines for the considered electrical network is given.