Determination of Optimal Location and Sizing of Solar Photovoltaic Distribution Generation Units in Radial Distribution Systems

Minh Quan Duong, Thai Dinh Pham, Thang Trung Nguyen, Anh Tuan Doan and Hai Van Tran
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Minh Quan Duong: Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Da Nang, University of Science and Technology, Da Nang city 550000, Vietnam
Thai Dinh Pham: Faculty of Automation Technology, Thu Duc College of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Thang Trung Nguyen: Power System Optimization Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Anh Tuan Doan: Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Da Nang, University of Science and Technology, Da Nang city 550000, Vietnam
Hai Van Tran: Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Technology, HCM City University of Food Industry, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: This paper presents an effective biogeography-based optimization (BBO) for optimal location and sizing of solar photovoltaic distributed generation (PVDG) units to reduce power losses while maintaining voltage profile and voltage harmonic distortion at the limits. This applied algorithm was motivated by biogeography, that the study of the distribution of biological species through time and space. This technique is able to expand the searching space and retain good solution group at each generation. Therefore, the applied method can significantly improve performance. The effectiveness of the applied algorithm is validated by testing it on IEEE 33-bus and IEEE 69-bus radial distribution systems. The obtained results are compared with the genetic algorithm (GA), the particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) and the artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC). As a result, the applied algorithm offers better solution quality and accuracy with faster convergence.

Keywords: biogeography-based optimization; solar photovoltaic; distributed generation; power loss; voltage profile; harmonic distortion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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