Optimum allocation and sizing of DG unit for efficiency enhancement of distribution system

2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference, PEOCO 2012 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 165-170

  Anwar, Adnan ^a   Pota, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Optimum location; Optimum size; Power loss reduction; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DG UNIT; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION UNITS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; GENERALIZED ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC TECHNIQUES; OPTIMUM ALLOCATION; OPTIMUM LOCATION; OPTIMUM SIZE; POWER LOSS REDUCTION; QUADRATIC CURVES; STEADY STATE VOLTAGE; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TOTAL POWER;

CURVE FITTING; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 84864972511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PEOCO.2012.6230854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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