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• A new methodology for the Steady-state security region for the security assessment of distribution systems with the presence of DER. • Consideration of the intermittent characteristic of the DER generations. • The proposed methodology can be used in online or offline environments. • The proposed tool can be used in planning studies of distribution systems. • The proposed methodology can also be used for DER Regulation and Allocation in Distribution Networks: Volt/Var optimization and Congestion Relief. Modern Electric Power Systems are evolving from a centralized generation model toward a complex infrastructure with the presence of Distributed Energy Resources (DER). The transformative changes are especially pronounced at the level of the distribution system. The emergence of new generation technologies as solar, for example, affects the customer profile, expansion planning, and operation procedures of distribution utilities. Therefore, this paper describes a new methodology based on steady-state security regions concept for the security assessment of distribution systems with the presence of DER. The main objective of the proposed methodology is to allow an effective evaluation of the operating conditions of distribution systems with high penetration of DER, focusing on the intermittence of the new generation resources. The proposed methodology has been tested using two distribution systems. The first one is a tutorial 13-bus system, which is a small tutorial feeder, and the second one is a real large-scale model of a distribution network. The results presented indicate the effectiveness of the proposed technique in the distribution system security analysis. The proposed methodology is implemented using the Python language and uses the OpenDSS software as a power flow solver. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a comparison study among three bio-inspired optimization algorithms applied to solve the power system stabilizers tuning problem: Ant Colony Optimization, Bat Algorithm and Genetic Algorithm. The tuning procedure is formulated as an optimization problem which aims at minimizing the system damping taking into account a set of pre-specified operating scenarios. The proposed methodologies are applied to stabilizers tuning of the well-known New England test system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]