A huge power is dissipated in distribution systems as power losses. The loss reduction and bus voltage improvement are the critical parameters of effective distribution feeder power flow. There are several techniques followed for power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement in distribution systems. Specifically, Distribution Feeder Reconfiguration (DFR) method is employed for the propos...

Abstract Reliability and active power loss are two fundamental parameters in the design and planning of distribution systems that have always attracted the attention of power distribution systems designers and engineers. The improvement of reliability and the reduction of power loss are investigated as the primary objective functions and voltage profile as the secondary objective function. A me...

this paper presents a new hybrid particle swarm optimization with time varying acceleration coefficients (hpsotvac) and bacteria foraging algorithm (bfa) namely (psotvac/bfa) base fuzzy stochastic long term approach for determining optimum location and size of distributed energy resources (ders). the monte carlo simulation method is used to model the uncertainties associated with long-term load...

this paper presents a new control methodology for active power filters that provide an adaptive online harmonic estimation with partial and selective harmonic reduction schemes, which has been implemented within an integrated controller. the proposed approach is to provide partial and selective reduction of those individual harmonics which exceed the recommended levels as set by regulatory bodi...

In this paper, Direct Search Algorithm is implemented to determine the optimal sizes of Type – I Distributed Generators (DGs) and optimal locations such that maximum possible reduction in real power loss is obtained. Type – I DG injects both active and reactive powers. The algorithm searches for all possible locations in the system for a particular size of DG and places it at the bus which give...