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Ain Shams Engineering Journal

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ABC algorithm based optimal sizing and placement of DGs in distribution networks considering multiple objectives

E. Al-Ammar ¹

Kiran Farzana ²

Asad Waqar ²

Muhammad Aamir ³

. Saifullah ⁴

Azhar Ul-Haq ⁵

Muhammad Aleem Zahid ⁶

Memoona Batool ²

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Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, 11421 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |

[Department of Electrical Engineering, Bahria University, 44000 Islamabad, Pakistan] |

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, PAF-IAST, 22620 Haripur, Pakistan |

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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, 47050 Taxila, Pakistan |

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College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, 44000 Rawalpindi, Pakistan |

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Department of Electrical Engineering, Riphah International University, 55150 Lahore, Pakistan

Riphah International University

University of Lahore

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-03-01

Ain Shams University

Ain Shams Engineering Journal

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR: 1.076

CiteScore: 12.2

Impact factor: 5.9

ISSN: 20904479, 20904495

DOI: 10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.002

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Abstract

In recent years, due to increase in load demand, distribution networks have got substantial attention to get optimized. It is significant to optimally place the distributed generators (DGs) in distribution networks to minimize power losses and voltage drops. However, the DGs incur certain investment and operational costs, and their placement is only viable if these costs overcome energy losses. Therefore, current paper investigates the optimal sizing and placement of DGs in distribution networks with a novel concept to simultaneously minimize total energy cost along with total power loss and average voltage drop. Artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is proposed to solve the considered multi-objective problem. The performance of the proposed ABC algorithm is tested with standard algorithms. Newton Raphson load flow (NRLF) analysis is conducted on IEEE 33 and 69-bus radial networks and on CIGRE medium voltage (MV) benchmark grid. Two test cases have been formed and investigated. The results prove that proposed ABC algorithm mostly outperforms other algorithms.

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Al-Ammar E. et al. ABC algorithm based optimal sizing and placement of DGs in distribution networks considering multiple objectives // Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 2021. Vol. 12. No. 1. pp. 697-708.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.002

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.002

TI - ABC algorithm based optimal sizing and placement of DGs in distribution networks considering multiple objectives

T2 - Ain Shams Engineering Journal

AU - Al-Ammar, E.

AU - Farzana, Kiran

AU - Waqar, Asad

AU - Aamir, Muhammad

AU - Saifullah, .

AU - Ul-Haq, Azhar

AU - Zahid, Muhammad Aleem

AU - Batool, Memoona

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/03/01

PB - Ain Shams University

SP - 697-708

IS - 1

VL - 12

SN - 2090-4479

SN - 2090-4495

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@article{2021_Al-Ammar,

author = {E. Al-Ammar and Kiran Farzana and Asad Waqar and Muhammad Aamir and . Saifullah and Azhar Ul-Haq and Muhammad Aleem Zahid and Memoona Batool},

title = {ABC algorithm based optimal sizing and placement of DGs in distribution networks considering multiple objectives},

journal = {Ain Shams Engineering Journal},

year = {2021},

volume = {12},

publisher = {Ain Shams University},

month = {mar},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.002},

number = {1},

pages = {697--708},

doi = {10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.002}

}

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Al-Ammar, E., et al. “ABC algorithm based optimal sizing and placement of DGs in distribution networks considering multiple objectives.” Ain Shams Engineering Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, Mar. 2021, pp. 697-708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.002.

Publisher

Ain Shams University

Journal

Ain Shams Engineering Journal

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR

1.076

CiteScore

12.2

Impact factor

5.9

ISSN

20904479 (Print)

20904495