Effects of particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm control parameters on overcurrent relay selectivity and speed

SN Langazane, AK Saha - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distribution systems continue to grow and becoming more complex with increasing
operational challenges such as protection miscoordination. Initially, conventional methods …

A comparative review of current optimization algorithms for maximizing overcurrent relay selectivity and speed

SN Langazane, AK Saha - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An exponential growth and complexity in diverse distribution systems have contributed to
protection coordination challenges. Initially, protection coordination schemes were achieved …

Soft computing methods for attaining the protective device coordination including renewable energies: review and prospective

A Draz, MM Elkholy, AA El-Fergany - Archives of Computational Methods …, 2021 - Springer
The optimized coordination of directional over current relays (DOCRs) in power systems is
still a challenging task. This optimization problem has been augmented in the literature …

An adaptive overcurrent protection system applied to distribution systems

JP Nascimento, NSD Brito, BA Souza - Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, an innovative adaptive directional overcurrent protection system for electric
power distribution systems with respect to distributed generation is proposed. The proposed …

Optimal microgrid's protection coordination considering N-1 contingency and optimum relay characteristics

AM Entekhabi-Nooshabadi, H Hashemi-Dezaki… - Applied Soft …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a knowledge gap about the development of optimal coordination of microgrids,
which considers all N-1 contingencies by using the smart selection of standard relay …

An adaptive protection coordination for microgrids utilizing an improved optimization technique for user-defined DOCRs characteristics with different groups of settings …

O Merabet, A Kheldoun, M Bouchahdane… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the increased integration of distributed generation (DG) in electric power systems,
optimal coordination of overcurrent relays has become a key problem in power distribution …

Optimizing TOC and IOC units of directional overcurrent relays in mutually coupled circuits using evolutionary PSO: Requirements and modeling

WMS Bernardes - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficient coordination of directional overcurrent relays is a challenging problem. Recent
papers in the literature have focused on developing efficient algorithms to solve this issue …

Robust coordination of overcurrent relays for several simultaneous faults in wind power generation systems

MM Guimarães, RHC Takahashi, MH Costa… - Applied Soft …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work proposes a new robust coordination procedure for the coordination of overcurrent
relays that takes into account the specific requirements and conditions that arise in wind …

Optimized settings of directional overcurrent relays in meshed power networks using stochastic fractal search algorithm

AA El‐Fergany, HM Hasanien - International transactions on …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a novel application of the stochastic fractal search algorithm to solve the
optimal relay coordination problem of meshed power networks. The optimization problem …

Development and application of an efficient optimizer for optimal coordination of directional overcurrent relays

S Kamel, A Korashy, AR Youssef, F Jurado - Neural Computing and …, 2020 - Springer
This paper proposes an enhanced version of grey wolf optimizer (EGWO) to solve the
coordination problem of directional overcurrent relays (DOCRs). The EGWO is proposed to …