PV systems penetration and allocation to an urban distribution network: A power loss reduction approach

Author

Marinopoulos, Antonios G. ; Bouhouras, Aggelos S. ; Peltekis, Georgios K. ; Makrygiannis, Antonios K. ; Labridis, Dimitris P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of distributed generation to loss reduction in power distribution networks. In specific, the way that penetration level and allocation of PV units in a distribution medium voltage feeder affects power losses is investigated. Different approaches, regarding PV units placement across the feeder and their capacity, are analyzed and useful conclusions regarding the penetration level of PV units and their optimal placement across distribution feeders for loss reduction are derived.

Keywords

distributed power generation; distribution networks; photovoltaic power systems; PV system allocation; PV system penetration; distributed generation; distribution medium voltage feeder; photovoltaic power systems; power loss reduction approach; urban distribution network; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Distributed control; Genetic algorithms; Medium voltage; Power generation; Power system analysis computing; Power system interconnection; Software packages; Solar power generation; Distributed generation; loss reduction; photovoltaic power systems; power distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PowerTech, 2009 IEEE Bucharest

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2234-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2235-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PTC.2009.5281898

Filename

5281898