A method for economic expansion planning of transmission networks using heuristic rules and non-linear optimization model

Authors

Maged Gamal Lotfy, Faculty Of Engineering in Shoubra, Banha University, Cairo, Egypt.Follow
Mahmoud Ali Farrag, Electrical Power & Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo UniversityFollow
Mohamed Shibl Albags, Faculty Of Engineering in Shoubra, Banha University, Cairo, Egypt.Follow
Ahmed Hamdy Khalil, Electrical Power Department & Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo UniversityFollow

Corresponding Author

Ahmed Hamdy Khalil

Subject Area

Electrical Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

This paper presents a method for economic planning of transmission networks in an iterative manner. The method is capable of solving large scale networks where the most "worst" new lines are deleted iteratively using heuristic rules. In each iteration, a relatively small size non-linear mathematical Programming model is built to enhance the deletion process. The non-linear model is based on full AC load flow where only the reactive power injected from different available reactive power sources are controlled plus the reference bus voltage magnitude. The deletion process is stopped when the deleting of any line from the rest set of lines gives an infeasible solution. The presented method is verified through its application to 19-bus system.

Keywords

Transmission Planning; heuristic rules; NL Optimization

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Recommended Citation

Lotfy, Maged Gamal; Farrag, Mahmoud Ali; Albags, Mohamed Shibl; and Khalil, Ahmed Hamdy (2023) "A method for economic expansion planning of transmission networks using heuristic rules and non-linear optimization model," Mansoura Engineering Journal: Vol. 48 : Iss. 5 , Article 1.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.58491/2735-4202.3070