Novel sensitivity factors for DG placement based on loss reduction and voltage improvement

This paper presents a method to select the load buses for the placement of Distributed generation (DG) based on loss reduction and voltage improvement sensitivity of the system. The strategic placement of DGs can help in reducing power losses and improving voltage profile. The proposed work discusses some new sensitivity factors that can be useful for selecting the locations. The method has the potential to be used for integrating the available DGs by identifying the best locations in a power system. The proposed method has been demonstrated on IEEE 24-bus Reliability Test System (RTS).