Butterfly optimizer assisted Max–Min based multi-objective approach for optimal connection of DGs and optimal network reconfiguration of distribution networks

Abstract

AbstractCurrently, the electrical distribution system is experiencing challenges such as low system efficiency due to substantial real power losses, a poor voltage profile, and inadequate system loadability as a result of the tremendous increase in system load demand. Therefore, distribution system operators are searching for ways to improve system efficiency and loadability. Distributed Generation technology has attracted a lot of researchers’ interest in recent days because of its enormous technological advantages in dealing with the aforementioned issues. This work presents a Max–Min based multi-objective optimization approach for optimal connection of distributed generators (OCDG) in the presence of optimal distribution network reconfiguration (ODNR) to enhance the system loadability ($$\lambda_{{{\text{max}}}}$$ λ max ) and to reduce real power loss. Two scenarios are taken to achieve the proposed objectives. Scenario-1 deals with the enhancement of loss mitigation & system loadability. In scenario-2, to extract maximum benefits with less amount of real power injection by DGs into the system, DGs real power injection is taken as one of the objectives. Under each scenario, three cases are investigated. Case 1 and case 2 deal with single-objective optimization, whereas case 3 deals with multi-objective optimization. The butterfly Optimization (BO) technique is implemented for the optimization of proposed objectives. The proposed method is tested on 33 bus, 69 bus radial distribution test systems. To test the potential of the BO algorithm, the outcomes are contrasted with the suitable results that are accessible in the literature. From the outcomes, it was observed that real power loss of the system is reduced to (75–89)%, loadability enhanced to (94–121)% with the injection of 64% KVA by DGs into 33 & 69 bus systems.