Comparison of single- and multiple-distributed generation concepts in terms of power loss, voltage profile, and line flows under uncertain scenarios

Engin Karatepe, Faruk Ugranlı and Takashi Hiyama

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 48, issue C, 317-327

Abstract: The level of uncertainty increases with growing distributed generation (DG) penetration in the power systems, thus convincing and user-friendly planning tools and strategies should be developed. We investigate the comparison between single- and multiple-DG concepts in terms of power loss, voltage profile, and line flows. A new procedure is presented based on grading the restructuring priorities by using a simple power flow analysis based probabilistic assessment including the output power uncertainties in DG resources. This procedure can facilitate the choice of which infrastructure of an existing network has precedence in the modernization of a network when DG units are integrated. Note that there is a threshold penetration level in terms of line losses, and trade-off between single- and multiple-DG concepts in respect of the capacity of existing lines and voltage profiles.

Keywords: Distributed generation; Performance trade-off; Threshold penetration level; Multiple-DG; Output power uncertainties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.027

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