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| Ref. | Year | EC approach | Problem (optimization) | Characteristics |
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| [83] | 2010 | Strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm (SPEA) | Wind turbine placement Turbine layout design | Constrained optimization problem transformed to bicriterion optimization problem. Objective: maximize the expected energy output and minimize the constraint violations. |
| [84] | 2010 | Hybrid algorithm: differential evolution combined with biogeography-based optimization (DE/BBO). | Economic load dispatch (ELD) problems of thermal power units. | Convex and nonconvex problems. The ELP considers thermal power units, transmission losses, and constraints such as ramp rate limits, valve-point loading, and prohibited operating zones. |
| [85] | 2013 | Review: fuzzy logic control (FLC), artificial neural network (ANN), and evolutionary algorithms (EA). | Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques for PV applications. | The paper focuses on the applications of CI techniques during partial shading conditions. |
| [80] | 2011 | Genetic algorithms (GAs) and second version of nondominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II). | Combined cycle power plant (CCPP) optimization problem. | Multiobjective optimization. Objective: determine the best design parameters, considering three objectives: (a) CCPP exergy efficiency, (b) total cost rate of the system products, and (c) CO2 emissions of the overall plant. |
| [86] | 2011 | Strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm (SPEA). | Optimization of a stand-alone PV-wind-diesel system with battery storage. | Multiobjective optimization. Objective: optimize the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and the equivalent carbon dioxide (CO2) life cycle emissions. |
| [81] | 2010 | Differential evolution (DE). | Optimal power flow (OPF) problem | Different objective functions and nonsmooth piecewise quadratic cost functions are considered. Objectives: minimization of fuel cost, voltage profile improvement, and voltage stability enhancement. |
| [87] | 2011 | Adaptive modified particle swarm optimization (AMPSO) algorithm. | Optimal operation of a MG with renewable energy sources accompanied by a back-up microturbine/fuel cell/battery hybrid power source. | Nonlinear constraint multiobjective optimization problem Objective: minimization of total operating cost and the net emission simultaneously. |
| [82] | 2011 | Differential evolution (DE) | PV modeling techniques. | DE is applied to simultaneously compute all the model parameters at different irradiance and temperature points. |
| [88] | 2010 | Fuzzy adaptive hybrid PSO algorithm. | Economic dispatch problem considering the valve-point effect. | Nonsmooth and nonconvex problem when valve-point effects of generation units are taken into account. |
| [89] | 2012 | Review: evolutionary algorithms. | Stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems. | The review focuses on multiobjective methods using evolutionary algorithms for hybrid renewable energy systems. |
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