Multi-objective planning of multi-type distributed generation considering timing characteristics and environmental benefits

Gao, Y., Liu, J., Yang, J. , Liang, H. and Zhang, J. (2014) Multi-objective planning of multi-type distributed generation considering timing characteristics and environmental benefits. Energies, 7(10), pp. 6242-6257. (doi: 10.3390/en7106242)

Abstract

This paper presents a novel approach to multi-type distributed generation (DG) planning based on the analysis of investment and income brought by grid-connected DG. Firstly, the timing characteristics of loads and DG outputs, as well as the environmental benefits of DG are analyzed. Then, on the basis of the classification of daily load sequences, the typical daily load sequence and the typical daily output sequence of DG per unit capacity can be computed. The proposed planning model takes the location, capacity and types of DG into account as optimization variables. An improved adaptive genetic algorithm is proposed to solve the model. Case studies have been carried out on the IEEE 14-node distribution system to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method and model.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Yang, Dr Jin
• Authors: Gao, Y., Liu, J., Yang, J., Liang, H., and Zhang, J.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
• Journal Name: Energies
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1996-1073
• ISSN (Online): 1996-1073
• Published Online: 29 September 2014
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2014 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Energies 7(10): 6242-6257
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License