Power Quality Improvement Using Photovoltaic Fed DSTATCOM Based on JAYA Optimization

In this paper, a new optimization technique namely JAYA is proposed to optimize the coefficients of proportional plus integral controller and filter parameters of photovoltaic fed distributed static compensator (PV-DSTATCOM). The JAYA is a new optimization tool whose performance is independent of the algorithm-specific control parameters. It overcomes the limitations of others in terms of attaining global optima with reduced computational effort. From the obtained simulation and experimental results, the performance of JAYA optimized PV-DSTATCOM has been found quite satisfactory and stimulating as compared to grenade explosion method and teaching-learning based optimized PV-DSTATCOM.