Distribution Power Loss Minimization via Distributed Generation, Capacitor and Network Reconfiguration

Mohd Nabil Bin Muhtazaruddin (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Nurul Aini Bani (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Siti Armiza Mohd Aris (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Hazilah Mad Kaidi (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Abdul Yasser Abd Fatah (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Jasrul Jamani Jamia (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki (Robert Gordon University)
Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar (Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute)

Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 5, No 3: March 2017

This paper presents a solution to solve the network reconfiguration, DG coordination (location and size) and capacitor coordination (location and size), simultaneously. The proposed solution will be determined by using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC). Various case studies are presented to see the impact on the test system, in term of power loss reduction and also voltage profiles. The proposed approach is applied to a 33-bus test system and simulate by using MATLAB programming. The simulation results show that combination of DG, capacitor and network reconfiguration gives a positive impact on total power losses minimization as well as voltage profile improvement compared to other case studies.