Inspec keywords: power grids; reactive power control; renewable energy sources; power distribution control; power capacitors; power generation control; integer programming; search problems; distributed power generation; nonlinear programming

Other keywords: shunt capacitor; continuous variable; reactive power coordinated optimisation method; DN; distribution network; reactive power adjustment; nondispatchable DG; grid voltage; variable combination; under-load tap changer; mixed integer nonlinear programming problem; harmony search; integer variable; voltage 10 kV; reactive power control; MINLP problem; renewable distributed generation; heuristic searching method; switching device number decrement; active power loss minimisation

Subjects: Power and energy control; Optimisation techniques; Control of electric power systems; Combinatorial mathematics; Distribution networks; Distributed power generation; Combinatorial mathematics; Optimisation techniques