A service restoration process is achieved through the switching actions of the sectionalizing and tie switches in distribution feeders. After the faults have been located and isolated, restoration plans are applied in order to minimize the de-energized consumer load and the number of switching...

This paper presents three alternative analytical expressions, including two new expressions, to determine the optimum sizes and operating strategy of distributed generation (DG) units considering power loss minimization and a methodology to identify the best location. These expressions can be...