Optimal sizing of a stand-alone wind/photovoltaic generation unit using particle swarm optimization

Simulation

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-99

  Kaviani, Ali Kashefi ^a   Baghaee, Hamid Reza ^a   Riahy, Gholam Hossein ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Optimal sizing; Particle swarm optimization; Photovoltaic; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVESTMENTS; MAINTENANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; WIND POWER;

CHARACTERISTIC EQUATIONS; DATA-SETS; GENERATION SYSTEMS; GENERATION UNITS; GLOBAL OPTIMUM SOLUTIONS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCES; OPTIMAL SIZING; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OVERALL COSTS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER DEMANDS; PSO ALGORITHMS; STAND -ALONE; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; WIND ENERGY; WIND SPEED;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 61849174860     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549708101181     Document Type: Article

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