TY - JOUR
T1 - An enhanced sitting–sizing scheme for shunt capacitors in radial distribution systems using improved atom search optimization
AU - Rizk-Allah, Rizk M.
AU - Hassanien, Aboul Ella
AU - Oliva, Diego
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In this paper, an enhanced sitting–sizing scheme for shunt capacitors (4SCs) in a radial distribution system (RDS) based on an improved atom search optimization (IASO) algorithm is proposed. IASO emulates the model of atomic motion in nature based on interaction forces among atoms. The main goal of the 4SCs problem is to reduce the line losses and minimize the capacitor installation cost by searching for the optimal location and sizing of the capacitors. This leads to improvements in the voltage profile and reliability of the system. The IASO algorithm is introduced to achieve the optimal sitting and sizing of capacitors for RDSs. The proposed IASO algorithm is benchmarked and validated on different radial systems, including the IEEE 33-bus, IEEE 34-bus, IEEE 65-bus, IEEE 85-bus and Marsa Matrouh networks, to demonstrate its performance in real-world applications. The results obtained by the proposed IASO algorithm are compared with the standard ASO, PSO, SCA, GWO and SSA algorithms. Furthermore, the significance of the obtained results is confirmed by performing a nonparametric statistical test,i.e., the Wilcoxon’s rank-sum at the 5% significance level. The comprehensive results demonstrate that the results obtained by the proposed IASO algorithm denominate the results obtained by the other algorithms and that IASO minimizes the operating costs while achieving better voltage profiles.
AB - In this paper, an enhanced sitting–sizing scheme for shunt capacitors (4SCs) in a radial distribution system (RDS) based on an improved atom search optimization (IASO) algorithm is proposed. IASO emulates the model of atomic motion in nature based on interaction forces among atoms. The main goal of the 4SCs problem is to reduce the line losses and minimize the capacitor installation cost by searching for the optimal location and sizing of the capacitors. This leads to improvements in the voltage profile and reliability of the system. The IASO algorithm is introduced to achieve the optimal sitting and sizing of capacitors for RDSs. The proposed IASO algorithm is benchmarked and validated on different radial systems, including the IEEE 33-bus, IEEE 34-bus, IEEE 65-bus, IEEE 85-bus and Marsa Matrouh networks, to demonstrate its performance in real-world applications. The results obtained by the proposed IASO algorithm are compared with the standard ASO, PSO, SCA, GWO and SSA algorithms. Furthermore, the significance of the obtained results is confirmed by performing a nonparametric statistical test,i.e., the Wilcoxon’s rank-sum at the 5% significance level. The comprehensive results demonstrate that the results obtained by the proposed IASO algorithm denominate the results obtained by the other algorithms and that IASO minimizes the operating costs while achieving better voltage profiles.
KW - Atom search optimization
KW - Minimization of power loss
KW - Optimal sitting and sizing of capacitors
KW - Radial distribution system
KW - Voltage profile
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U2 - 10.1007/s00521-020-04799-6
DO - 10.1007/s00521-020-04799-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081950875
JO - Neural Computing and Applications
JF - Neural Computing and Applications
SN - 0941-0643
ER -