Active/reactive power losses minimization based on optimal location of battery energy storage system

Abstract

The fast development in battery energy storage (BESS) technology gave rise to utilizing it in ancillary services at optimal cost. The paper addresses an optimization tool of the BESS placement in a given network so as to reduce both active/reactive power losses. The strategy is tested based on real-data-based network and loss sensitivity factor approach is used to make best-selected bus to accommodate the BESS such that the associated parameters are maintained optimally. It has been observed that the grid performance improves in terms of power losses because of the local generation of the BESS at the selected bus, which is possesses the highest index of loss sensitivity factor that quantify the severity of a bus performance.