Optimal Placement of Distributed Generators and Capacitors for Power Loss Reduction Using Crested Porcupine Algorithm
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https://doi.org/10.13052/spee1048-5236.45314Keywords:
Voltage profile, power loss, distributed generation, capacitor bank and voltage stability indexAbstract
In recent years, as the need for energy rises, the application of dispersed generation and shunt capacitors has become a more common solution to meet the growing demand of energy. The article presents a novel approach to optimise radial distribution networks, called the Crested Porcupine optimisation algorithm (CPOA), inspired by the behaviour of the Crested Porcupine. The proposed method is tested on the IEEE system, which has 33, 69 and 85 buses. The purpose of this work is to lower the cost and power loss while improving the voltage profile and voltage stability index (VSI) using the Capacitor Banks (CB) and Distributed Generator (DG) units at the correct location and of appropriate size. Inclusion of load models is also taken into consideration.
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