Optimal placement of dispatchable and nondispatchable renewable DG units in distribution networks for minimizing energy loss

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-186

  Hung, Duong Quoc ^a   Mithulananthan, N ^a   Lee, Kwang Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Baylor University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispatchable DG; Distributed generation; Energy loss; Nondispatchable DG; Optimal power factor operation; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DISPATCHABLE DG; NONDISPATCHABLE DG; OPTIMAL POWER FACTORS; RENEWABLE DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TIME-VARYING CHARACTERISTICS;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; OPTIMIZATION;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 84885086654     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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