Optimal distributed generation allocation in distribution systems employing ant colony to reduce losses

Proceedings of the Universities Power Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sheidaei, Farnaz ^a,b   Shadkam, Majid ^c   Zarei, Mahdi ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Petroleum Engineering Development Company(PEDEC)   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d North Drilling Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allocation; Ant Colony Search Algorithm (ACSA); Distributed Generation (DG); Genetic Algorithm (GA); Losses

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION; ANT COLONIES; ANT COLONY SEARCH ALGORITHM (ACSA); ANT COLONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; BUS SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION (DG); DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; FOOD SOURCES; LOSS REDUCTION; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; VOLTAGE FLICKERS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GALERKIN METHODS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MATLAB; ONLINE SEARCHING; OPTIMIZATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 68949201614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UPEC.2008.4651548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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