Cost/Benefit Analysis for Installation of Capacitor and Distributed
Generator with Network Reconfiguration considering Load Growth and
Variations
Abstract
The load demand at distribution network (DN) is increasing day by day
due to increase in industrial, commercial, municipal, residential and
irrigation needs. In order to meet the increased load demand in DN,
distributed energy resources i.e., Distributed Generators (DG),
Capacitors and Network reconfiguration are used as alternative
solutions. In this paper, an attempt has been made to maximize the
economic benefits in distribution system with installation of DGs,
Capacitors and Network reconfiguration by simultaneously optimizing the
location, size, switching configuration while taking into account, the
load growth and the variations in load in DN also. Optimal location and
capacity of DG and Capacitor is a difficult non differentiable
combinatorial optimization problem. Adaptive Quantum inspired
evolutionary Algorithm (AQiEA) has been used to solve the difficult non
differentiable, combinatorial optimization problem. The effectiveness of
AQiEA is tested with a benchmark test bus system i.e., 33 bus system. In
this study, two different cases are considered to test the effectiveness
of proposed algorithm. Seven different Scenarios are considered to
analyse the losses incurred in the system with variation in load in
first case. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm as compared with
other algorithm is demonstrated on the other case.