The use of support vector machine for phase balancing in the distribution feeder

Abstract: Phase voltage and current unbalances in power system distribution networks are major factors leading to extra losses, communication interference, equipment overloading, and malfunctioning of the protective relay, which consequently results in service quality and operation efficiency being reduced. As a better alternative to the traditional practices of manual trial and error, and the contemporary solution technique of network reconfiguration or load rearrangement, this paper investigates and proposes a novel method that is based on the use of the historical data and artificial intelligence for eliminating or minimizing phase unbalance problems. The proposed method is based on support vector machin