An efficient hybrid method for solving the optimal sitting and sizing problem of DG and shunt capacitor banks simultaneously based on imperialist competitive algorithm and genetic algorithm

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-111

  Moradi, Mohammad H ^a   Zeinalzadeh, Arash ^b   Mohammadi, Younes ^a   Abedini, Mohammad ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capacitor banks; Distributed generation (DG); Genetic algorithm (GA); Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA); Particle swarm optimization (PSO); Placement

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR BANK; IMPERIALIST COMPETITIVE ALGORITHM (ICA); IMPERIALIST COMPETITIVE ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL PLACEMENT AND SIZINGS; PLACEMENT; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; VOLTAGE STABILITY INDEX;

CAPACITORS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84880857936     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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