The distributed generator placement and sizing test suite and analysis tool

The concept of integrating small-scale embedded generators into the distribution system has been gaining increasing traction in the research community and with it has come a growing set of contemporary works from the field of artificial intelligence. Thus far however, the studies have failed to explore a diverse set of problems, lack analytical rigour, offer scant comparison between approaches and often fail to use models based on real-world loads or generators. This work describes the new DG PAST SAT software, which is freely available, open to community input and features a rich repository of distribution system resources and a comprehensive test problem suite. When coupled with included analysis utilities, the DG PAST SAT system provides the tools and data for improved research quality in the distribution system planning phase.