Optimal Placement of PMUs in Smart Grid for Voltage Stability Monitoring using AMPSO and PSAT

Abstract

Efficient energy use is critical for a growing nation like India. The smart grid (SG) idea enables the creation of a highly dependable electricity system that optimizes existing resources. The Indian electricity grid as it now exists needs fundamental modifications to satisfy increasing demand and to make the system more intelligent and dependable. Since the past several decades, power system stability has been seen as a significant challenge to power system researchers and utilities. With a not many strategically placed Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), it may be feasible to observe the power system stability of the network. This article suggests an optimum location for PMUs, considering the effect of power system stability-related serious situations. The disturbances have been prioritized according to their voltage stability boundary (the gap among the stand case working and nose points). Changes in the voltage stability tolerance due to shifting load conditions were also considered in the crucial contingency determination. PMUs were inserted in the system based on Adaptive Mutated Particle Swarm Optimization (AMPSO) findings for the intact system and crucial contingency scenarios on the basis of voltage stability. The effectiveness of the suggested PMUs placement strategy was determined by examining nose curves produced with PMUs data and pseudo-observations under increasing demands to nose curves calculated offline using continuation power flow data. Using the software tool Power-System Analysis Toolbox (PSAT), case studies were conducted on a conventional IEEE14 bus system and a realistic 246 bus Indian Power Grid system.