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Impact of Introducing Small Scale Distributed Generation on Technical Losses in a Secondary Distribution Network

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System losses are important metrics for power utilities. The addition of distributed generation (DG) in the network can either improve or worsen system losses depending on the network configuration, placement of the DG or other factors. The impact that the integration of Small Scale Distributed Generation (SSDG) has on the losses in a low voltage distribution network in a highly residential has been presented in this paper. The model has been drawn in DIgSILENT Power Factory® using actual network parameters, load profile and photovoltaic (PV) generation data. The transformer losses and losses in the low voltage cables make up for the losses in the low voltage network and these components have been observed separately with increasing penetration of SSDG. The key contribution of this paper is the determination of that penetration of SSDG which results in the most optimum effect on network losses.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Mauritius, Réduit, 80837, Mauritius

    Ismaël Adam Essackjee & Robert T. F. Ah King

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  1. ACSE, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

    Nalinaksh Vyas

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

    Saeid Sanei

  4. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Kalyanmoy Deb

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Essackjee, I.A., Ah King, R.T.F. (2017). Impact of Introducing Small Scale Distributed Generation on Technical Losses in a Secondary Distribution Network. In: Fleming, P., Vyas, N., Sanei, S., Deb, K. (eds) Emerging Trends in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering. ELECOM 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 416. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52171-8_5

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