Optimal Unit Sizing of Distributed Energy Resources in MicroGrid Based on Mixed-Integer Bacterial Foraging Algorithm

摘要

In this paper, a methodology to perform the optimal unit sizing for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in MicroGird (MG), has been developed. Based on a Mixed-Integer Bacterial Foraging Algorithm (MIBFA), a new optimal unit sizing method was developed to calculate the optimum system configuration that can achieve the customers required Loss of Power Supply Probability (LPSP) with a minimum Cost of Energy (COE). The proposed method results are validated for single source DG and hybrid DG with results obtained from HOMER and Genetic Algorithm (GA)for the same test systems.