Using Tabu Search for Reactive Power Planning in Power Systems

Abstract

This paper addresses an optimal Reactive Power Planning (RPP) of power system. The Static Var Compensator (SVC) is introduced into power
system in order to reactive power support and voltage control. The locations and the outputs of SVCs are determined using our proposed optimal
reactive power planning model. The proposed method optimizes several objective functions at the same time within one general objective. The
optimized objectives are minimization of total investment in reactive power support, average voltage deviation and minimization of total system
loss. These objective functions are one of the most important objectives for every transmission and distribution systems. Tabu search (TS) is used
to solve the optimization problem. The validity of the proposed method is tested on a typical power system.