Optimal energy management for stand-alone microgrids based on multi-period imperialist competition algorithm considering uncertainties: experimental validation

International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1358-1372

  Marzband, Mousa ^a,b   Parhizi, Narges ^b   Adabi, Jafar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

demand response; imperialist competition algorithm; microgrid; optimal energy management; optimal scheduling; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SCHEDULING;

DEMAND RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MARKOV CHAIN APPROACHES; MICRO GRID; OPTIMAL SCHEDULING; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; POWER SYSTEM OPERATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84945946928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.2154     Document Type: Article

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