Dispersed generation enable loss reduction and voltage profile improvement in distribution network-case study, Gujarat, India

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1242-1249

  Davda, Akash T ^a   Azzopardi, Brian ^b   Parekh, Bhupendra R ^c   Desai, Manhar D ^d  

^a BH Gardi College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

^d Kalol Institute of Technology and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Distributed generation (DG); distribution network; embedded renewable generation (ERG); renewable energy sources (RESs)

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

DISPERSED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE GENERATION; RENEWABLE GENERATORS; VOLTAGE PROFILE IMPROVEMENT; VOLTAGE REGULATION PROBLEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84899630727     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2292117     Document Type: Article

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