Optimal DG Deployment Based on Technical and Economic Considerations with Daily Load Variation

Abstract

The concept of distributed generation (DG) has been developed as a hopeful solution to meet the demand increase in distribution systems. The optimal DG deployment in the distribution system can improve the technical benefits. This study presents a framework to find the optimum location and size for different types of DG units to enhance the voltage stability index (VSI), improve the voltage regulation and reduce the daily energy losses. The emission effect and cost function (environment and economic benefits) are augmented in the multi-objective function. Combinations of DG types are introduced to obtain the best benefits from each one. The daily load variations and dynamic output of each DG type are considered in the problem formulation. The genetic algorithm (GA) technique is used to find the optimal allocation for different cases. The typical IEEE 33-bus system is utilized to evaluate the proposed framework.