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In radial distribution networks, the unreasonable use of distributed generators (DGs) will enhance the effects of voltage quality reduction and network loss. Consequently, the optimal allocation of distribution groups (OADG) has far-reaching implications for the economical, secure, and stable operation of radial distribution networks. The purpose of the study on the optimal allocation of distributed generators is to allocate the locations and capacities of DGs scientifically and rationally, enhance voltage quality, and reduce power loss. This paper proposes an enhanced ISC-SSA algorithm with constraint strategy for the OADG problems, which addresses the disadvantages of traditional salp swarm algorithm (SSA), such as low solution accuracy and slow convergence speed, and introduces a sine cosine algorithm (SCA) to optimise the salp swarm followers. To reduce the limitation of only the leader guiding the followers for position updates, a symbiotic strategy with multiple subpopulations is introduced to simulate the sharing of information of the salp swarm population, relying on the decision-maker and the leader to jointly guide the population movement, thereby increasing the global optimization-seeking capability of the algorithm, and the method is implemented in IEEE-33, IEEE-69, and IEEE-119 systems. In addition, the paper extends the ISC-SSA algorithm to the MOISC-SSA algorithm to solve in IEEE-33, IEEE-69 test systems the multi-objective OADG problems. Multiple sets of simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method solves radial distribution system problems of varying sizes with greater search precision and greater significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The optimal configuration problem of distributed generators (DGs) and shunt capacitors (SCs) in a radial distributed network (RDN) is to find the best installation locations and optimal capacities of DGs and SCs for optimizing a certain performance indicator. The discontinuity characteristic and huge computation of optimizing DGs and SCs in RDN make it no longer applicable by traditional methods. In this paper, a new bus processing method and an improved butterfly algorithm are proposed to solve the optimal configuration of DGs and SCs. The method of processing nodes considers not only the power loss index (PLI) but also the voltage amplitude of the original system, forming a sequence of candidate nodes to guide algorithm to optimizing, which can simplify the algorithm search space and improve search efficiency. Meanwhile, the butterfly algorithm with constriction factor (BF-CF) combines the inertia coefficient to introduce a constriction factor, improves the speed update model and the local search pattern, and overcomes the disadvantages of the original butterfly algorithm which is easy to fall into the local optimum and the precision of result is not high. To verify the performance of the proposed method, minimizing the active power loss and voltage deviation are selected as the objective function and reactive power loss and the worst voltage are taken as reference targets, which are performed in three standard test systems of 33-bus, 69-bus and 119-bus, respectively. The simulation results illustrate that, compared with the original butterfly algorithm and other intelligent algorithms, the method proposed in this paper has more obvious advantages and performance in solving the configuration problem of DGs and SCs in systems of various scales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Distributed generators (DGs) are recognized as an effective method for controlling the power loss, voltage stability, etc.. In this paper, a novel hybrid algorithm of beetle antennae search (BAS) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) is presented for optimal allocation of DGs in radial distribution network. The BAS describes the beetle's individual search by smell, PSO describes the group search of birds by location. The proposed algorithm combines their advantages, proceeds with individual optimization while conducting group optimization. Therefore, the proposed algorithm searches widely, and converges fast. In this paper, a series of improvement measures are proposed to deal with the shortcoming of PSO-BAS which is easy to fall into local optimum. These methods include equal interval initialization, cross mutation, and non-linear learning factor. This paper will show the comparison results of PSO-BAS and IPSO-BAS in the six confessed test functions to prove the necessity of the improved methods. Simultaneously, in order to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of this proposed algorithm in terms of practical application, it is tested on the standard IEEE 33-bus, IEEE 69-bus and IEEE 119-bus systems. The results of active power loss and voltage stability show that proposed algorithm is more effective and more suitable for the power distribution system than other algorithms. At the same time, this article also explores the impact of new energy sources on the annual network loss. Besides, a method for optimizing the annual network loss is proposed. Here, the IPSO-BAS algorithm is used to adjust the size of multiple biomass energy sources within 24 hours to optimize the network loss, and a comparison plan is designed to verify the feasibility of the proposed method. According to the final result, this proposed method can greatly reduce the annual network loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The distribution of power flow can be effectively improved by optimizing the configuration of Distributed Generators (DGs) and Shunt Capacitors (SCs). Proper placements and capacities of DGs or SCs for real power loss minimization at the radial distribution network (RDN) is attracting more attention as people become more and more dependent on electric power resources. In order to overcome the slow convergence and poor effect of intelligent algorithms in this problem, Particle Swarm Optimization with Orientation and Shrinking factor (PSO-OS) is proposed in this paper. In the suggested PSO-OS algorithm, sensitivity analysis sort of distribution network is introduced to guide the direction of variation to simplify the search space, and shrinking factor is introduced to balance search capabilities in various RDN systems. The proposed method is applied to IEEE-33, IEEE-69 and IEEE-119 systems to solve the problem of simultaneous allocation of DGs and SCs. Simulation results show that the energy loss of the system is reduced and the stability is improved after reconfiguration. By repeating the experiment independently with the traditional PSO algorithm, the comparative analysis of the results proves the superior performance of the improved algorithm. By comparing with the results in recent literature, it reveals the effectiveness of the proposed PSO-OS algorithm in finding the optimal position and capacity of DGs and SCs in the distribution network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]