A profit-centric strategy for distributed generation planning considering time varying voltage dependent load demand

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 168-178

  Ebrahimi, R ^a   Ehsan, M ^b   Nouri, H ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed generation (DG); Distribution network; Genetic algorithm; Short term planning; Time varying voltage dependent load model

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONSTANT LOADS; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; DEMAND DATA; DG TECHNOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS (DGS); DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATORS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK PLANNING; LOAD MODELS; LOAD PATTERNS; MULTI-PERIOD; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; POWER FLOWS; PRESENT VALUE; RADIAL SYSTEMS; SHORT TERM PLANNING; TIME VARYING; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT LOAD MODELS; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT LOADS;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; PROFITABILITY; SALES;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84864937791     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.07.039     Document Type: Article

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