Environmental pollutants, as a global concern, have led to a general increase in the
utilization of renewable energy resources instead of fossil fuels. Accordingly, the penetration …

Optimal design of micro-grids (MGs) in distribution power systems is one of the major issues
in planning stage for future distribution systems. In this way, clustering a conventional …

In the past, planning to develop an electricity generation capacity supply of consumable
load, an acceptable level of reliability, and minimum cost has played significant roles. Due to …

Nowadays, distributed generation (DG) is a new option in the power systems to meet the
electrical demand growth as well as conventional methods such as substation reinforcement …

Distribution expansion planning (DEP) is conceived as one of the main challenges ahead of
distribution companies. DEP problem deals with the optimal expansion of the distribution …

Wind turbines (WTs) are a desirable alternative to traditional nonrenewable power
resources as a result of recent environmental concerns. Some of them are fixed speed wind …

Pulse width modulation (PWM) AC–AC converter is a power electronic device which has
many applications, because it can control the load voltage and active power. This converter …

Conventional methods for solving distribution systems planning (DSP) problem are related
to the expansion of distribution systems such as substation reinforcement and feeder …

A novel comprehensive approach to solve a distribution systems' planning problem and to
determine the optimal size, location, and technology of the distributed generation (DG) units …

In this paper, an interactive fuzzy satisfying method based on fuzzy adaptive chaotic binary
particle swarm optimization (FACBPSO) algorithm is proposed to investigate the multi …