Optimal Placement and Sizing of SVC in Power Systems for Voltage Stability Enhancement

This book focuses on the simulation and analysis of IEEE 9-bus and 14-bus test systems using MATLAB programming and software tools such as MIPOWER and POWERWORLD. It explores contingency ranking in the context of n-1 contingencies, identifying the most severe cases based on voltage stability indices. The book also investigates the optimal placement of shunt compensators using several voltage stability indices, including P-V curves, L-index, Voltage Collapse Proximity Index (VCPI), FVSI, and LLI. Additionally, it presents a novel reactive power loss-based iterative solution and compares it with traditional methods, offering a comprehensive guide to voltage stability and compensator placement.

This book provides in-depth analysis and simulation of IEEE 9-bus and 14-bus test systems to assess voltage stability and optimal placement of shunt compensators. Using tools like MATLAB, MIPOWER, and POWERWORLD, the study ranks contingencies based on various voltage stability indices, such as P-V curves, L-index, and Voltage Collapse Proximity Index (VCPI). The optimal placement and sizing of shunt compensators are evaluated through a novel iterative approach and compared with traditional methods. The results highlight the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for improving voltage stability in power systems, especially under severe contingency scenarios.

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