Application of flower pollination algorithm for optimal placement and sizing of distributed generation in Distribution systems

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• 作者：P. Dinakara Prasad Reddy^a ; ^{dinakarp@msn.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; V.C. Veera Reddy^b ; T. Gowri Manohar^a
• 关键词：Flower pollination algorithm ; Index vector method ; Distributed generation placement ; Radial distribution system
• 刊名：Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：3
• 期：1
• 页码：14-22
• 全文大小：855 K

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Distributed generator (DG) resources are small, self contained electric generating plants that can provide power to homes, businesses or industrial facilities in distribution feeders. By optimal placement of DG we can reduce power loss and improve the voltage profile. However, the values of DGs are largely dependent on their types, sizes and locations as they were installed in distribution feeders. The main contribution of the paper is to find the optimal locations of DG units and sizes. Index vector method is used for optimal DG locations. In this paper new optimization algorithm i.e. flower pollination algorithm is proposed to determine the optimal DG size. This paper uses three different types of DG units for compensation. The proposed methods have been tested on 15-bus, 34-bus, and 69-bus radial distribution systems. MATLAB, version 8.3 software is used for simulation.