A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach to Design Off-Grid Electrification Projects with Distributed Generation
Joint Authors
Mayo-Maldonado, Jonathan C.
Avilés, J.
Micheloud, O.
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-09-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A hybrid evolutionary approach is proposed to design off-grid electrification projects that require distributed generation (DG).
The design of this type of systems can be considered as an NP-Hard combinatorial optimization problem; therefore, due to its complexity, the approach tackles the problem from two fronts: optimal network configuration and optimal placement of DG.
The hybrid scheme is based on a particle swarm optimization technique (PSO) and a genetic algorithm (GA) improved with a heuristic mutation operator.
The GA-PSO scheme permits finding the optimal network topology, the optimal number, and capacity of the generation units, as well as their best location.
Furthermore, the algorithm must design the system under power quality requirements, network radiality, and geographical constraints.
The approach uses GPS coordinates as input data and develops a network topology from scratch, driven by overall costs and power losses minimization.
Finally, the proposed algorithm is described in detail and real applications are discussed, from which satisfactory results were obtained.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Avilés, J.& Mayo-Maldonado, Jonathan C.& Micheloud, O.. 2018. A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach to Design Off-Grid Electrification Projects with Distributed Generation. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1209562
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Avilés, J.…[et al.]. A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach to Design Off-Grid Electrification Projects with Distributed Generation. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Avilés, J.& Mayo-Maldonado, Jonathan C.& Micheloud, O.. A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach to Design Off-Grid Electrification Projects with Distributed Generation. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1209562
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1209562