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Vortex Search Algorithm for Optimal Sizing of Distributed Generators in AC Distribution Networks with Radial Topology

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Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering (WEA 2019)

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This paper proposes a vortex search algorithm (VSA) optimization for optimal dimensioning of distributed generators (DGs), in radial alternating current (AC) distribution networks. The VSA corresponds to a metaheuristic optimization technique that works in the continuous domain, to solve nonlinear, non-convex, large scale optimization problems. Here, this technique is used to determine the optimal power generation capacity of the DGs from the top-down analysis. From the bottom-up, a conventional backward/forward power flow is employed for determining the voltage behavior and calculate the power losses of the network, for each power output combination in the DGs. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed approach is efficient and robust for reducing power losses on AC grids by optimally sizing the capacity the DGs, compared with other approaches found on literature reports. All the simulations were conducted using the MATLAB software.

This work was supported in part by the Administrative Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Colombia (COLCIENCIAS) through the National Scholarship Program under Grant 727-2015, in part by the Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar under Project C2018P020 and in part by the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano under the project P17211.

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  1. Programa de Ingeniería Eléctrica e Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, Cartagena, Colombia

    Oscar Danilo Montoya, William Tadeo Amin & Javier Campillo

  2. Departamento de Electromecánica y Mecatrónica, Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín, Colombia

    Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña

  3. Escuela de Diseño e Ingeniería, Fundación Tecnológica Antonio de Arévalo, Cartagena, Colombia

    Luis Alejandro Rojas

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  2. Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia

    Mario Duarte-González

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Montoya, O.D., Grisales-Noreña, L.F., Amin, W.T., Rojas, L.A., Campillo, J. (2019). Vortex Search Algorithm for Optimal Sizing of Distributed Generators in AC Distribution Networks with Radial Topology. In: Figueroa-García, J., Duarte-González, M., Jaramillo-Isaza, S., Orjuela-Cañon, A., Díaz-Gutierrez, Y. (eds) Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering. WEA 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1052. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31019-6_21

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