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Vol. 28 No. 2 (2025)

Published: June 30, 2025

Pages: 187-194

Articles

The Active and Reactive Power Generation Reduction Based on Optimal location of UPFC Based on Genetic Algorithm

Sana Khalid Abd Al Hassan 1 Firas Mohammed Tuaimah 2 Yasser Nadhum Abd 3 Ali Adil Al-Lami 3
1 Dept. of Electronic and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Al Nahrain University, Baghdad-Iraq.
2 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Baghdad University, Baghdad-Iraq.
3 Iraqi National Control Center, Ministry of Electricity, Baghdad, Iraq.
History
  • Received: November 26, 2023
  • Revised: June 22, 2024
  • Accepted: November 1, 2024
  • Available Online: June 20, 2025
DOI

https://doi.org/10.29194/NJES.28020187

Abstract

The Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) is a most complex power electronic device, which can simultaneously control a local bus voltage and optimize power flows in the electrical power transmission system. This paper presents the effect of installing the UPFC on the Iraqi (400 kV) grid transmission system to control the active and reactive power flow by choosing the optimal location and parameters of Unified Power Flow Controllers (UPFCs), which were specified based on the Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization method. The objectives are improving voltage profile, reducing power losses, treating power flow in overloaded transmission lines, and reducing power generation. The steady state model of UPFC has been adopted on (400 kV) Iraq transmission lines and simulated using the MATLAB programming language. The Newton-Raphson (NR) numerical analysis method has been used for solving the load flow of the system. The practical part has been solved through Power System Simulation for Engineers (PSS\E) software Version 32.0. The Comparative results between the experimental and practical parts obtained from adopting the UPFC were too close and almost the same under different loading conditions, which are (5%, 10%, 15% and 20%) of the total load.

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