Research Article

Improved Cat Swarm Optimization for Simultaneous Allocation of DSTATCOM and DGs in Distribution Systems

Table 1

Initial data of 69-bus system.

ParticularsValue

Sectionalizing switches1–68
Base configuration (open lines)69–73
Line voltage (kV)12.66
Nominal active demand (kW)3802.19
Nominal reactive demand (kVAr)2694.6
at light/nominal/peak load (kW)51.61/225/652.23
at light/nominal/peak load (p.u.)0.9567/0.9092/0.8445