1. OPTIMIZATION OF LONG RURAL FEEDERS USING A GENETIC ALGORITHM.
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Wishart, Michael, Ledwich, Gerard, Ivanovich, Grujica, and Ghosh, Arindam
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ELECTRICAL engineering , *GENETIC algorithms , *VOLTAGE regulators , *ELECTRIC power production , *CAPITAL costs - Abstract
This paper describes the optimization of conductor size and the voltage regulator location & magnitude of long rural distribution lines. The optimization minimizes the lifetime cost of the lines, including capital costs and losses while observing voltage drop and operational constraints using a Genetic Algorithm (GA). The GA optimization is applied to a real Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) network in regional Queensland and results are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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