A load flow based method for optimal location of dispersed generation units

Author

Kazemi, A. ; Sadeghi, M.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tehran

fYear

2009

fDate

15-18 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Recent changes in the electric utility infrastructure have created opportunities for many technological innovation , including the employment of distributed generation (DG) to achieve a variety of benefits. Proper location of DGs in power systems is important for obtaining their maximum potential benefits . This paper presents a load flow based method to determine the optimal location to place a DG unit in radial systems to improve the voltage profile of the entire system. The algorithm is tested on a 34 bus distribution system to show the applicability of the method. The results show an improvement in voltage profile of the system.

Keywords

distributed power generation; load flow; dispersed generation units optimal location; distributed generation; electric utility infrastructure; load flow based method; radial systems; Cogeneration; Costs; Distributed power generation; Load flow; Power generation; Power supplies; Power system reliability; Power systems; Turbines; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2009. PSCE '09. IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3810-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3811-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2009.4839941

Filename

4839941