This article presents a comprehensively state-of-the-art investigation of the engineering
applications utilized by binary metaheuristic algorithms. Surveyed work is categorized based …

Nowadays, with the unprecedented penetration of renewable distributed energy resources
(DERs), the necessity of an efficient energy forecasting model is more demanding than …

Power electronic converters enable wind turbines, operating at variable speed, to generate
electricity more efficiently. Among variable speed operating turbine generators, permanent …

Microgrids are key elements for integrating renewable resources as well as distributed
energy storage systems as green sources of electricity. However, the presence of controllers …

Outages and faults cause problems in interconnected power system with huge economic
consequences in modern societies. In the power system blackouts, black start resources …

Network reconfiguration and Distributed generation (DG) integration in distribution systems
has become one of the major challenging tasks for power utilities. Despite their prospective …

Reliability assessment of distribution system, based on historical data and probabilistic
methods, leads to an unreliable estimation of reliability indices since the data for the …

Nowadays common practice in deploying photovoltaic distributed generations (PVDGs) is
customer-based installation in the distribution network. Increasing level of PVDG …

This is achieved by the identification of consumer clusters (either as clusters of off-grid
microgrids, stand-alone systems or grid-extension projects) using underlying clustering …

Closure of a base-load power plant, based on either its aging state, or a national
greenhouse reduction scheme, or transition to smart grids, may have a significant impact on …