Abstract

The use of TCSC to maximize Available Transfer Capability generally defined as the maximum power transfer transaction between one area to another area by limiting the constraints. Contingency analysis technique is being widely used to predict the effect of outages in power systems, like failures of equipment, transmission line etc. Practically, only selected contingencies will lead to severe conditions in power system like violation of voltage and active power flow limits. The contingency selection by calculating two kinds of performance indices; active power performance index for single transmission line outage have been done with the help of NR Method in Mi-POWER environment. A modified Genetic Algorithm approach is used as the optimization tool to determine the location as well as the parameters of TCSC simultaneously. In IEEE 30 Bus System the optimal location of the device can be decided by a new approach of Genetic Algorithm Method to enhance the ATC.