Recent increment in carbon emission due to the dependency on fossil fuels in power generation sector is a critical issue in the last decade. The motivation to Distributed Generation (DG) in order to catch low carbon networks is rising. This research seeks to experience DG existence in local energy servicing in microgrid structure. Optimal sizing and placement of DG units is followed by this pap...

Power loss and voltage instability are major problems in distribution systems. However, these typically mitigated by efficient network reconfiguration, including the integration of distributed generation (DG) units network. In this regard, optimal placement sizing DGs crucial. Otherwise, performance will be degraded. This study is conducted to optimally locate into a radial before after reconfi...

In this paper, a combination of simulated annealing (SA) and intelligent water drops (IWD) algorithm is used to solve the nonlinear/complex problem of simultaneous reconfiguration with optimal allocation (size and location) of wind turbine (WT) as a distributed generation (DG) and dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) as a distributed flexible AC transmission systems (DFACT) unit in a distribution sys...

Distributed Generation (DG) can help in reducing the cost of electricity to the costumer, relieve network congestion and provide environmentally friendly energy close to load centers. Its capacity is also scalable and it provides voltage support at distribution level. Hence, DG placement and penetration level is an important problem for both the utility and DG owner. The cost of electricity as ...

In the present deregulated environment, optimal placement of Distributed Generation (DG) and shunt capacitor in the distribution network plays a vital role in distribution system planning. In this paper, an analytical approach for optimal placement of combined DG and Capacitor units are determined with the objective of power loss reduction and voltage profile improvement. Firstly, the DG unit i...

This paper proposes a genetic algorithm optimization technique for optimal placement of distributed generation in a radial distribution system to minimize the total power loss and to improve the voltage sag performance. Load flow algorithm and three phase short circuit analysis are combined appropriately with GA, till access to acceptable results of this operation. The suggested method is progr...