Development of a knowledge‐based system for voltage/reactive power operation planning

Voltage/reactive power planning is a tremendous process which requires a planner to have intellectual expertise. This paper presents a large knowledge‐based system that can make voltage/reactive power planning. The knowledge acquisition has been completed on the basis of interview and protocol analysis methods. The result shows that the voltage/reactive power planning is composed of three phases: the first is reactive power adjustment where overall reactive power balance is investigated; the second is voltage adjustment where all bus voltages are tuned within the permissible operational range; and the third is voltage adjustment with a single fault of all major lines. The knowledge base is coded by about 700 production rules. It can succeed in making a voltage/reactive power plan for a very large power system.