The League Championship Algorithm (LCA) for optimal placement and sizing of shunt capacitors

The motivation of this paper is to present an approach that relies on the league championship algorithm (LCA) to determine the most effective number, placement, and size of shunt capacitors (SC) within distribution systems. The novelty of the primary objective of this approach is to minimize the losses of the power system, as well as to enhance the voltage profiles and stability index of the voltage. The optimal location of the SC is determined through the use of the Loss Sensitivity Factor (LSF), while the optimal size of the SC is found through the use of LCA. The IEEE 33-bus and 69-bus radial distribution systems were both tested to validate the proposed method. The simulated results have shown that the LCA method proposed in this paper is highly effective and performs exceptionally well when addressing the problem of optimal location and sizing of SC in radial networks. Recommendations have been developed for the use of optimal allocation and sizing of SC for test distribution power.