Work place: Dept. of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran
E-mail: zahra.boor@stu.nit.ac.ir
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Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence
Biography
Zahra Boor (1988-), female, Royan, Iran, MSc Student., her research directions include the application of artificial intelligence to power system analysis, power quality, distributed generation and reliability of distribution systems.
By Zahra Boor Seyyed Mehdi Hosseini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijisa.2013.04.05, Pub. Date: 8 Mar. 2013
The distributed generation (DG) locations have significant impacts on network reliability and loss. This paper presents a method for optimal DG allocation and sizing in distribution systems in order to reduce network loss and improve system reliability at the lowest cost. For this purpose, a multi-objective cost function considering active power loss, reliability index and DG cost is used to find the optimal size and location of DG units. Also, a load duration curve including four load levels with different weighting factor is considered. Moreover, the optimization technique that is based on Genetic Algorithm (GA) is implemented. In this paper, ECOST index is considered for reliability evaluation in the cost function and also, the effects system reconfiguration, is also considered for reliability assessment. To evaluate the proposed algorithm, the IEEE 33-bus and 69-bus test systems are employed and the results obtained reveal the effectiveness of proposed method.
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