A SIMPLE AND ROBUST ALGORITHM FOR OPTIMUM SIZE AND LOCATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION GENERATIONS BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ANALYTICAL APPROACH AND APPROXIMATE LOSS FORMULA

Abstract

This paper proposes an analytical approach based on the approximate loss formula to calculate the optimal size and location for DG placement for minimizing the total power losses in medium voltage distribution systems. The proposed methodology was tested and validated in two IEEE standard distribution test systems. Results obtained from the proposed methodology are compared with the loss sensitivity factor method. Results show that the loss sensitivity factor based approach may not lead to the best placement for loss reduction. Results show that proposed method is effective as compared with LSF solutions. Some interesting results are also discussed in this paper