this paper presents a probabilistic confidence-interval based method for optimal placement of shunt capacitors in distribution networks by considering probabilistic characteristics of loads. the main objective function are reducing loss and improving the voltage profile. backward forward sweep method has been employed to obtain the power flow results in distribution system. in addition, integer...

11 As a recently increasing trend among different applications of smart grid vision, smart households as a new implementation area of demand 12 response (DR) strategies have drawn more attention both in research and in engineering practice. On the other hand, optimum sizing of 13 renewable energy based small scale hybrid systems is also a topic that is widely covered by the existing literature....

Energy consumption and environmental issues have become major drivers of increasing renewable energy penetration levels. The electricity generated from sources is decentralized throughout distributed generation (DG), which located at the distribution level. However, presence DG can change system characteristics affect protection systems. Thus, this study aims to investigate impact in term its s...

This paper presents a novel analytical approach to determine the optimal siting and sizing of distributed generation (DG) units in balanced radial distribution network to minimize the power loss of the system. The proposed analytical expressions are based on a minimizing the loss associated with the active and reactive component of branch currents by placing the DG at various locations. This me...

This paper presents a multi-objective formulation for optimal siting and sizing of distributed generation (DG) resources in distribution systems in order to minimize the cost of power losses and energy not supplied. The implemented technique is based on a genetic algorithm (GA) and weight method that employed to obtain the best compromise between these costs. Simulation results on 33-bus distri...

This paper proposes a new long term scheduling for optimal allocation and sizing of different types of Distributed Generation (DG) units in the distribution networks in order to minimize power losses. The optimization process is implemented by continuously changing the load of the system in the planning time horizon. In order to make the analysis more practical, the loads are linearly changed i...

Nowadays, using distributed generation (DG) resources, such as wind and solar, also improving the voltage profile in distribution companies has been considered. As optimal placement and sizing of shunt capacitors become more prevalent, utilities want to determine the impact of the various capacitors placement in distribution systems. Locating and determining the optimal capacity of shunt capaci...

This article presents the distributed generator (DG) integration in a radial distribution system (RDS). The DG penetration changes single power source to multiple sources and bidirectional load flow which enhances reliability reduces losses. particle swarm optimization gravitational search algorithm are implemented for optimal siting sizing of one three units RDS examine its impact on loss redu...

<span lang="EN-MY">Distributed generation (DG) can be beneficially allocated in distribution power systems to improve the system's efficiency. However, specious DG's allocation and sizing may cause more loss voltage profile issues for feeders. Therefore, optimization algorithms are vital future intelligent network planning. Hence, this study proposes a multi-objective firefly analytical h...