Optimal Location and Sizing of Generator in Distributed Generation System

Abstract: This paper presents a method for the optimal location and sizing of generator in Distributed generation in distribution systems. In this paper, our aim would be optimal distributed generation location and size for Power loss reduction in distribution network. In this paper, Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used for determine optimal location and size for placement distributed generators which referring two determined aim; the problem is defined and objective function is introduced. The proposed method is programmed and tested in a 16 bus distribution system using MATLAB software. The simulation results are given to verify the proposed analytical approaches.

Keywords: Distributed Generation (DG), Genetic algorithms (GA), Optimal location and sizing, Power loss.