Journal
| Title | ANN-based reactive power controller with real-time web monitoring Posted by Carl John Salaan |
| Authors | Carl John O. Salaan, Mark Joseph M. Victoria and Noel R. Estoperez |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Journal | International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems |
| Volume | 5 |
| Pages | 166-173 |
| Publisher | Inderscience |
| Abstract | This study introduced a real-time reactive power controller based on artificial neural network with web-based monitoring. A feed-forward employing back-propagation was used as training technique. The inputs to the network were the active and reactive power of each load. The targets were to switch on/off the capacitor banks during normal and abnormal conditions. The network was trained using developed MATLAB program and the weights resulted to minimum mean-square-error were fed to the microcontroller unit. The method was then tested in a three-bus radial distribution system model and implemented using Zilog microcontroller. The system actions were monitored using web-based monitoring application. The method was validated in actual operation of the system using the test data and results were satisfactorily obtained. |
| Index terms / Keywords | VAR control; neural networks; web monitoring; ANN; artificial neural networks; reactive power controller; real-time monitoring; microcontrollers. |
| DOI | 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2013.057439 |