In this paper a discrete location model for non-essential service facilities planning is described, which seeks the number, location, and size of facilities, that maximizes the total expected demand attracted by the facilities. It is assumed that the demand for service is sensitive to the distance from facilities and to their size. It is also assumed that facilities must satisfy a threshold lev...

This paper presents a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation for sizing and siting of battery energy storage systems (BESSs). The problem seeks to minimize both operation costs BESS investment. proposed model includes restrictions the conventional security-constrained unit commitment problem, piece-wise approximation power losses, hydro generation units. is tested in 6-bus test sys...

In this paper, a survey is presented on the use of optimization models for integration electric vehicles (EVs) and charging stations (CSs) in energy system, paying particular attention both to planning problems (i.e., those related long term decisions such as siting sizing CSs), operational management optimal scheduling EVs smart grids, microgrids buildings taking into account vehicle-to-grid (...

Distributed generation (DG) sources are becoming more prominent in distribution systems due to the incremental demands for electrical energy. Locations and capacities of DG sources have great impacts on the system losses in a distribution network. This paper presents a study aimed for optimally determining the size and location of distributed generation units in distribution systems with differ...

Abstract: Optimal siting of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) is crucial to the sustainable development of electric vehicle systems. Considering the defects of previous heuristic optimization models in tackling subjective factors, this paper employs a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework to address the issue of EVCS siting. The initial criteria for optimal EVCS siting are se...

Load modeling is essential to distribution system analysis, planning, and control. Therefore, in this work, effect of non-linear load models has been considered for the optimal site size DG SC allocation. A new efficient modified branch bus ordering-based forward-backward flow method applied solve problem radial system. Recently implemented several state-of-the-art evolutionary algorithms (EAs)...

optimal sitting and sizing of shunt capacitor banks at the distribution networks for the purpose of power quality improvement is drawn much attention of electric power utilities in the last decades. determining the optimal number, location and sizing of capacitor using bee colony optimization algorithm (bco) is being presented in this paper. the bco algorithm is a new population based meta-heur...

Due to the increased importance of DFIGs in optimization of real and reactive power losses and the maintenance of voltage profile, the general methods of DG placement and sizing in the existing literature cannot be of practical importance in DFIG .In this paper a pure PSO method used in general DG is compared with a HGAPSO in the siting and sizing of DFIG with the objective of minimizing power ...