Optimal Sizing, Siting and Operation of Custom Power Devices With STATCOM and APLC Functions for Real-Time Reactive Power and Network Voltage Quality Control of Smart Grid.

A new custom power device (CPD) is introduced for real-time control of reactive power and improving the overall network voltage quality of smart grid (SG) at fundamental and harmonic frequencies, respectively. The idea is to take advantage of the online smart meter data transmitted from each bus to the SG central control to concurrently perform the static synchronous compensator and the active pow...