Fast depleting fossil fuels and the growing awareness for environmental protection have led
us to the energy crisis. Hence, efforts are being made by researchers to investigate new …

Distortions of current and voltage waveforms from a sinusoidal shape are, not only a source
of technical problems, but also have serious economic effects. Their occurrence is related to …

Smart microgrids, as the foundations of the future smart grid, combine distinct Internet of
Things (IoT) designs and technologies for applications that are designed to create, regulate …

Firefly algorithm is a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm inspired by the flashing
behavior of fireflies. It is originally proposed for continuous problems. However, due to its …

Excessive utilization of distributed generation (DG) leads to power quality issues in the
radial distribution system (RDS). The harmonic level exceeds the IEEE-519 standard limits if …

In this chapter, the basic principles of optimization and the mathematical formulation of the
optimization problem have been provided. Besides, the categorization of the optimization …

Firefly algorithm is one of the well-known swarm-based algorithms which gained popularity
within a short time and has different applications. It is easy to understand and implement …

Abstract Planned Communities (PCs) present a unique opportunity for deployment of
intelligent control of demand-side distributed energy resources (DER) and storage, which …

Power quality (PQ) and PQ disturbances (PQD) are relevant for the industry due to the
implied costs in most industrial processes. Besides, it is necessary to maintain the quality …

This paper presents the optimal placement and sizing (OPAS) of active power filter (APF)
considering photovoltaic distributed generation (PVDG) and nonlinear load to control the …