Heuristic method for reactive energy management in distribution feeders

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 518-523

  Hamouda, Abdellatif ^a   Lakehal, Nadia ^a   Zehar, Khaled ^b  

^a FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Distribution systems; Heuristic method; Power losses; Sensibility; Shunt capacitors

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CRITICAL NODE; DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EFFICIENT METHOD; HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS; MARKOV CHAIN; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION; OPTIMAL NUMBER; POWER-LOSSES; PROBLEM CONSTRAINTS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS; REACTIVE CURRENTS; SHUNT CAPACITORS; TEST SYSTEMS;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CURRENT LIMITING REACTORS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FEEDING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 72049132896     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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