A Hybrid Method of Optimal Capacitor Placement for The Reconfigured Network

This paper delineates a hybrid method of optimal capacitor placement for the reconfigured network. A two-stage methodology is used to reduce the losses and to improve the voltage profile of the radial distribution networks. In the first stage, an improved fuzzy multi-objective algorithm is used for the network reconfiguration of the original network. In the second stage, capacitors are placed optimally for the reactive power compensation of the reconfigured network. Fuzzy approach is used to find the optimal capacitor locations and Real Coded Genetic Algorithm (RCGA) with new cross over technique is used to find the sizes of capacitors. The proposed method is tested on 33-bus and 69-bus test systems and the results are presented.