Using AC optimal power flow for DG planning and optimisation

IEEE PES General Meeting, PES 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ochoa, Luis F ^a   Harrison, Gareth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active network management; Distributed generation; Distribution networks; Optimal power flow; Wind power

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ENERGY LOSS; FAULT LEVELS; MULTI-PERIOD; NETWORK CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMAL POWER FLOW; OPTIMAL POWER FLOWS; OPTIMISATIONS; PENETRATION LEVEL; PLANNING STRATEGIES; PLANNING TOOLS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RENEWABLE GENERATION; SMART GRID; TEST FEEDERS; VOLTAGE STEP;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; ACTIVE NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GALERKIN METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; WIND POWER;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649574790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2010.5589482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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