Improved meta-heuristic techniques for simultaneous capacitor and DG allocation in radial distribution networks
Simultaneous allocation of shunt capacitors and DGs in distribution networks. Piece-wise multi-level load profile is considered to evaluate annual energy loss. Penalty factor approach is proposed to check maximum node voltage deviations. Improved variants of GA, PSO and CSO are proposed as optimizing tools. Intelligent search is proposed to enhance the performance of solution techniques.
improved meta-heuristic techniques intelligent search cat swarm optimization distributed resources network reconfiguration smart distribution systems