A novel method for optimal capacitor placement and sizing in distribution systems with nonlinear loads and DG using GA

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 851-862

  Taher, Seyed Abbas ^a   Hasani, Mohammad ^a   Karimian, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capacitor placement; Genetic algorithms; Harmonic distortion; Harmonic power flow; Nonlinear load; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POWER QUALITY;

CAPACITOR BANK; CAPACITOR PLACEMENT; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HARMONIC POWER FLOW; HARMONICS DISTORTION; NONLINEAR LOAD; NOVEL METHODS; OPTIMAL CAPACITOR PLACEMENT; OPTIMISATIONS; POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77956057189     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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