Optimum siting and sizing of a large distributed generator in a mesh connected system

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 690-697

  Elnashar, Mohab M ^a   El Shatshat, Ramadan ^a   Salama, Magdy M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DG optimal location; DG optimal size; Distributed generation; Loss reduction; Short circuit level

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; LOSS REDUCTION; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMAL SIZE; SHORT CIRCUIT;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; GALERKIN METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; WELDS;

LOCATION;

EID: 77649271721     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2009.10.034     Document Type: Article

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