Reactive power compensation in distribution networks is one of the most important economic and
environmental issues in power system studies. In this paper the following points are investigated:
· The characteristics of the most developed equipment
used for reactive power compensation.
· Equations used in ETAP program calculation
· OCP is part of ETAP program which gives us the possibility to determine optimal reactive power
sizing and placement in distribution networks in order to achieve optimal Power loss and distribution
power system enhancement.
· ETAP program is applied on a part of Damascus suburb electrical network which was simulated by its
real parameters and the positive economical and technical results have been clarified.
Scientists nowadays increased their interest in artificial intelligence because
of the rapid development in the modern age. This development increased
the complexity of systems in order to consent society rapid needs in getting
systems of better r
eliability and high performance.
Artificial Intelligence solved many difficult and sticky problems.
We are going to define the genetic algorithms(GA) which is one of the
artificial intelligence branch because of its ability to solve many complex
problems in Different scientific aspects either in computer science[8] or
operational research and image processing[7] or social science[9].
In this essay, we used GA to find the maximum value of continuous function
within a limited rang to study the effect of some of the most important GA
parameters on the performance and accuracy of the results. We noticed the
effects of probability of mutation, population size and the number of the
repeated operations on the results accuracy and execution time in choosing
the Roulette Wheel Selection procedure. After that, we compare
between the Roulette Wheel procedure and the Elitism Selection procedure.
In this paper, a modern method of restoring service in electrical
power systems was examined through an automated
coordination center using genetic algorithms.
