Improving Distribution Power System Efficiency using Power Loss Reduction by Installing the Distributed Generations

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Improving Distribution Power System Efficiency using Power Loss Reduction by Installing the Distributed Generations

by Usman Asghar *1 , Syed Zulqadar Hassan 1 , Muhammad Ahmed 2 , Arsalan Masood1 , Muhammad Naqi Raza and Tariq Kamal 3

1 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sialkot, 51310 Sialkot, Pakistan

2 Interdisciplinary Research Center (IRC) for Sustainable Energy System (SES), King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, Daharan, Saudi Arabia

3 School of Technology and Innovations, Electrical Engineering, University of Vaasa, 65200 Vaasa, Finland

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 9, Page # 1-15, 2024; DOI: 10.55708/js0309001

Keywords: Solar Distributed Generation, Rural Distribution Network, Voltage Drop Reduction, Line Loss Minimization, Harmonic Distortion Control

Received: 19 June 2024, Revised: 09 August 2024, Accepted: 10 August 2024, Published Online: 14 September 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Sciences and Advanced Technology 2024 & Section Biochemical Research Methods (BRM))

APA Style

Asghar, U., Hassan, S. Z., Ahmed, M., Masood, A., Raza, M. N., & Kamal, T. (2024). Improving distribution power system efficiency using power loss reduction by installing the distributed generations. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, 3(9), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0309001

Chicago/Turabian Style

Asghar, Usman, Syed Zulqadar Hassan, Muhammad Ahmed, Arsalan Masood, Muhammad Naqi Raza, and Tariq Kamal. “Improving Distribution Power System Efficiency Using Power Loss Reduction by Installing the Distributed Generations.” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences 3, no. 9 (2024): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0309001.

IEEE Style

U. Asghar, S. Z. Hassan, M. Ahmed, A. Masood, M. N. Raza, and T. Kamal, “Improving Distribution Power System Efficiency Using Power Loss Reduction by Installing the Distributed Generations,” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 1-15, 2024, doi: 10.55708/js0309001.

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The current scenario of Pakistan’s power sector stipulates the financial and technical viability of the utility companies to meet the escalating demands for electricity. Financial resources are required for the generation of electricity; which Pakistan cannot afford in the present situation. Pakistan have a huge potential for renewable energy resources; different areas across the country have a good irradiation value of solar energy. Through distributed generation arrangement, electricity can be generated near the consumer, e.g., a solar panel array or a small wind turbine, so that line losses of the distribution system decrease and voltage drop can be improved, and customers can also benefit through investing in DGs. This research aims at a comprehensive investigation of 07 High loss and tube well-dominated rural distribution feeders emanating from 132 KV Zafarwal Grid Station in Zafarwal, so that 1 MW Solar Distributed Generation study can be implemented for its impact on the high voltage Grid Station and optimization using the latest software tools like Arc GIS for geo database and GPS device for collection of real-time data from the field and Synergee Electric Software for load flow studies for PV and further optimization in the distribution network. The results of this research show that the optimal placement of solar PV on distribution lines introduces a power source near the load center, resulting in a reduction of voltage drop up to 3.5% and 35.21 % reduction in line losses. This decrease in voltage drop will lead to an improvement in power quality for users. It is recommended that before going to increase the level of distributed generation in the system a standard procedure should be developed, and it must be ensured that the inverter used by various consumers should not be allowed beyond a certain level of Harmonic contribution.