Optimal capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement using Modified Cuckoo Search algorithm

Gurpreet Kaur, Shivani Sehgal Mehta, Dr. Chintu Rza

Page No: 48-57

DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2025/V15I2/06

This paper discusses a novel and effective method for placing capacitors in radial distribution networks that regulate the optimum locations and size of capacitor with goal of refining the voltage profile and decreasing power losses. The solution procedure has two parts: in part one, the loss sensitivity factors are utilised to select the candidate locations for the capacitor placement and in part two modified cuckoo search algorithm is used to guess the ideal size of capacitors at the optimum buses determined in part one. The chief benefit of the proposed method is that it does not necessitate any exterior control parameters. The additional advantage is that it grips the objective function and the constraints separately, evading the worry to regulate the barrier factors. The proposed procedure is applied to diverse standard test systems as 34-bus and 85-bus radial distribution systems. The solutions obtained by the proposed method are compared with other methods.

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APA: Gurpreet Kaur, Shivani Sehgal Mehta, Dr. Chintu Rza (2025). Optimal capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement using Modified Cuckoo Search algorithm. DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2025/V15I2/06

AMA: Gurpreet Kaur, Shivani Sehgal Mehta, Dr. Chintu Rza. Optimal capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement using Modified Cuckoo Search algorithm. 2025. DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2025/V15I2/06

Chicago: Gurpreet Kaur, Shivani Sehgal Mehta, Dr. Chintu Rza. "Optimal capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement using Modified Cuckoo Search algorithm." Published 2025. DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2025/V15I2/06

IEEE: Gurpreet Kaur, Shivani Sehgal Mehta, Dr. Chintu Rza, "Optimal capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement using Modified Cuckoo Search algorithm," 2025, DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2025/V15I2/06

ISNAD: Gurpreet Kaur, Shivani Sehgal Mehta, Dr. Chintu Rza. "Optimal capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement using Modified Cuckoo Search algorithm." DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2025/V15I2/06

MLA: Gurpreet Kaur, Shivani Sehgal Mehta, Dr. Chintu Rza. "Optimal capacitor placement in distribution systems for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement using Modified Cuckoo Search algorithm." 2025, DOI: 10.86493/VEREDAS.2025/V15I2/06