Open AccessPower Loss Reduction via Distributed Generation System Injected in a Radial Feeder
Author(s) -
Irshad Hussain,
Faizullah Khan,
Ishtiaq Ahmad,
Samiullah Khan,
Muhammad Saeed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mehran university research journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-7219
pISSN - 0254-7821
DOI - 10.22581/muet1982.2101.15
Subject(s) - transient (computer programming) , reduction (mathematics) , power (physics) , transmission line , electric power system , electric power transmission , computer science , line (geometry) , transmission (telecommunications) , automotive engineering , reliability engineering , electricity generation , transmission system , simulation , electrical engineering , engineering , telecommunications , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , operating system
The energy demand all over the world is increasing rapidly day by day. In traditional power systems, power plants are located far away from the consumer’s premises. This in turn causes a substantial amount of power loss both in transmission and distribution. In general, distribution system has more losses than the losses occurred on the transmission side. It employs that there will be a significant difference between the generated power and the energy consumers that are (physically) far away from the generating stations. Therefore, the electric utilities always remain under stress due to such non negligible amount of losses which has a direct impact on financial management and efficiency of the power system as well. To address this issue different technique have been introduced to reduce line losses and to improve the efficiency. The best among these techniques is line loss reduction through Distributed Generation (DG) which is more effective than the other techniques. In this paper we have taken three 11kV feeders (located at Bannu) as a case study and for the prescribed technique an attempt has been made to increase the efficiency of a system by integrating different capacity of DG into a radial distribution feeder. The results have been analyzed mathematically, however Electrical Transient Analyzer Program (ETAP) simulator is used as a test bed. Finally, the obtained results are presented in tabular and graphical form in terms of clearly defined parameters.