Impact of varying cable length of distributed generation to power loss voltage magnitude

The Distributed Generation (DG) has created a challenge and an opportunity for developing various novel technologies in power generation. The proposed work discusses the impact of cable length of DG to the power losses and voltage magnitude. From previous studies, DG reduces line losses, increases system voltage profile and hence improves power quality. This thesis present the analysis with two units of DGs installed at the bus with minimum voltage in the system. Shunt capacitor bank is also introduced in the system in order to improve the voltage at the load and to reduce the losses. The proposed method is tested on a standard IEEE-69 bus system and the results of the simulation carried out using Power System Simulator/Advanced Distribution Engineering Productivity Tool (PSS/ADEPT) software. The voltage magnitude and power losses obtained by performing a conventional load flow calculation in PSS/ADEPT software.