Optimal Allocation of Distributed Generation in A Part of The Egyptian Electrical Network Using Whale Optimization Algorithm

EasyChair Preprint no. 2077

Abstract

The Distributed Generation (DG) relaying on generating units with small ratings to be linked into the distribution network close to the consumers. It can provide a promising future for power generation in electric networks. Recently, the demand for distributed generation into the electrical networks is rapidly increasing. Connecting DG units into the distribution networks can provide environmental, economic and technical merits. Those merits can be optimized if the DG unit site and size is properly determined. This paper presents a proposed multi-objective approach for determining the optimal allocation of the DG to enhance the voltage profile and minimizing the total active power loss of the distribution system. A recent optimization technique, Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA), is presented. A portion of the Egyptian electric network in the East Delta is introduced for testing the proposed algorithm via MatLab software.

Keyphrases: Distributed Generation, loss reduction, Radial distribution network, Whale Optimization Algorithm

@Booklet{EasyChair:2077,
  author = {Z. M. Zenhom and Tarek Boghdady},
  title = {Optimal Allocation of Distributed Generation in A Part of The Egyptian Electrical Network Using Whale Optimization Algorithm},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 2077},

  year = {EasyChair, 2019}}