Performance Improvement of Radial Distribution Network with Distributed Generation Integration Using Extended Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Abstract

This paper proposes the performance improvement of radial distribution network with distributed generation (DG) integration using extended particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. High-performance distribution network is a network that has a low power loss, better voltage profile, and loading balance among feeders. The effort to improve the performance of the distribution network is network configuration optimization. The optimization has become an important issue with the presence of DG in distribution networks. In this study, network configuration optimization is based on an extended PSO algorithm. The methodology has been tested in two models of IEEE radial distribution networks. The results showed that the optimal configuration of the distribution network is able to reduce power loss and to improve the voltage profile of the network significantly.