Comparative study of Multi-SVCs Placement and Sizing in Transmission Network Based on Loss Minimization

Increasing demand in huge rate can cause the instability and under voltage become dominant issues in power system. Installation of FACTs device is among popular remedial action to alleviate this condition and maintain as well as secure the delivery of the electricity. This paper describes the optimal placement and sizing of FACTS devices installation for minimization of transmission loss. Three optimization technique which is Evolutionary Programming (EP), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Multiverse Optimization (MVO) are used as optimization techniques. Comparisons are carried out on IEEE 30-bus RTS based on several case studies considering different number of FACTs device installation for various load conditions. Results demonstrates that PSO and MVO gives a better result compared to EP.