Optimization of Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) Placement: A Review 
Rachana Pandey1, H.K. Verma2, Arun Parakh3, Cheshta Jain Khare4
1Rachana Pandey*, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science Indore (M.P), India.
2Dr. H.K.Verma, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science Indore (M.P), India.
3Dr. Arun Parakh, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science Indore (M.P), India.
4Dr. Cheshta Jain Khare, Department of Electrical Engineering, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science Indore (M.P), India.
Manuscript received on November 05, 2021. | Revised Manuscript received on November 13, 2021. | Manuscript published on November 30, 2021. | PP: 9-13 | Volume-7 Issue-4, November 2021. | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijese.E2518117421 | DOI: 10.35940/ijese.E2518.117421
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Abstract: In today’s world, a Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) is a crucial component of our power network for managing, controlling, and monitoring. PMU can provide synchronized voltage current, and frequency measurements in real time. We can’t put a PMU in every bus in the electrical grid because it’s not viable from a productivity and economic standpoint, and it’s also not practical for handling huge data. As a result, it’s critical to reduce the amount of PMU in the power network while also increasing the power network’s observability. The optimal PMU placement problem is solved using a variety of methodologies. The paper’s main goal is to provide a brief overview of synchrophasor technology, phasor measurement units (PMU), and optimal PMU placement in order to reduce the number of PMUs in the system while maintaining complete observability and application in today’s power systems.
Keywords: Wide Area Measurement System(WAMS); Observability; Phasor Measurement Unit(PMU); Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition (SCADA); Global Positioning System(GPS)