A NOVEL OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF PV SYSTEM FOR LOSS REDUCTION AND VOLTAGE PROFILE IMPROVEMENT

In this paper an optimal placement of photovoltaic systems (PV) as a source of active and reactive power in radial distribution networks is considered. The objective function of this problem is minimizing system losses and improving voltage profile. Genetic Algorithm (GA) implemented for this purpose. Photovoltaic solar systems can be used as STATCOM for voltage regulation and power factor correction during both nighttime and daytime. This novel PV solar system application, beside other useful applications, makes it very useful, so it can operate more effective by considering its reactive and active power generation in 24 hours. In this study backward-forward power flow method is applied on standard IEEE 33-bus system.