Hybrid Intelligence Technique for Reactive Power Planning using FACTS devices

This paper designs and proposes a planning strategy of Reactive Power (VAR) in electric power transmission system. The proposed strategy primarily aims to minimize the total operating cost as well as real power loss of the system. In doing so, the advantages of hybrid intelligence techniques are used to elicit the optimal set of controlling parameters subjected to optimal power flow by managing the constraints. The FACTS devices are also installed according to their suitable place and size to compensate the reactive power flow through the transmission line. The positions for the FACTS devices are handled by different mathematical approaches. The ease of application, effectiveness as well as efficiency of the proposed approach is performed on a practical network pertaining in India.