This paper presents a new approach for shunt Capacitor position and size for radial distribution network based on genetic approach. Distribution networks experience distinct changes from low load level to high load level every day. In certain industrial areas, it has been observed that under certain critical loading conditions, the distribution system experience voltage collapse. Due to this ph...

Load currents through the power and distribution transformer and line impedances cause voltage drops, which reduce voltage magnitude at the loads. Voltage magnitudes at service locations must be maintained within specified ranges. This is accomplished in both fixed designs of the system (e.g., conductor selection, substation and distribution transformer tap settings, fixed capacitor banks) and ...

This paper proposes a methodology for practical siting and sizing of Hybrid energy systems (HESs) consist of: wind turbine (WT), photovoltaic (PV) and combined heat and power (CHP) units. In this method, the interaction of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PIEVs) in the electric distribution system is considered. Electric Vehicle are seen to have some negative impacts on electric distribution system p...

This paper discusses the implementation of a fuzzy logic based coordinated voltage control for a distribution system connected with distributed generations (DGs). The connection of DGs has created a challenge for the distribution network operators to keep the voltage in the system within its acceptable limits. Intelligent centralized or coordinated voltage control schemes have proven to be more...

Battery’s role in the development of smart grid is gaining greater attention as an energy storage device that can be integrated with a Photovoltaic (PV) cell in the distribution circuit. As more PVs are connected to the system, real power injection to the distribution can cause fluctuation in the voltage. Due to the rapid fluctuation of the voltage, a more advanced volt-ampere reactive (VAR) po...

The continued interest in the use of distributed generation in recent years is leading to the growth in number of distributed generators connected to distribution networks. Steady state voltage rise resulting from the connection of these generators can be a major obstacle to their connection at lower voltage levels. The present electric distribution network is designed to keep the customer volt...

The Wigner distribution function formalism is applied to the description of transport properties of spintronic multilayer nanodevice. The central layer of the nanodevice is doped with magnetic impurities. The current-voltage characteristics and the spin polarisation of current are calculated.

Motivated by the experimental search for "GHz nonclassical light," we identify the conditions under which current fluctuations in a narrow constriction generate sub-Poissonian radiation. Antibunched electrons generically produce bunched photons, because the same photon mode can be populated by electrons decaying independently from a range of initial energies. Photon antibunching becomes possibl...

Power quality is considered as one of the most important issue in power distribution systems. Voltage sag is considered as one of the most common power quality problems. It may cause sensitive equipment to malfunction and process interruption. In this work a method of optimal network reconfiguration is proposed to mitigate voltage sag problem in power distribution networks. It is applied to a d...

This paper deals with the measurement of AC corona inception voltage, Vincp, at the tip of a rod electrode using a hemispherically-capped rod-plane electrode configuration for various rod radii with a short air gap. Effects of atmospheric pressure and temperature variation on Vincp are investigated experimentally. An empirical equation for the field form factors of the hemispherically cappe...