Numerous potential advantages to the requirements and effectiveness of the supplied
electricity can be accomplished by the installation of distributed generation units. In order to …

Abstract Distributed Generations (DGs) with Electric Vehicles (EVs) now play a key role in
the planning of power distribution systems. The integration of DGs with EVs planning in the …

The line shunts are usually ignored by various linear power flow (PF) models in power
distribution system analysis, planning and optimization. However,“charging effects” from line …

Due to the increasing penetration level of renewable energy resources in distribution
systems, a new approach for voltage and reactive power control needs to be developed to …

The paper presents a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model for the solution of the
three-phase volt/var optimization (VVO) of medium voltage unbalanced distribution feeders …

High penetration of solar photovoltaic (PV) units in distribution grids and the variability of
their output power have caused new challenges to grid operators. Voltage fluctuations and …

This paper proposes the description of an original smart-grids test bed aimed at teaching
novel feeder automation functions to students from both university and industry origins. With …

This paper proposes a robust optimization technique to solve the voltage regulation problem
in unbalanced radial distribution system in the presence of uncertainties in loads and …

Voltage regulation in medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) distribution networks has
always been considered and approached as separate issues. However, changes in voltage …

A two‐layer control method is proposed for voltage and reactive power control in harmonic
polluted distribution network with penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems. Optimal …