Research Article
Optimal Allocation of DG and DSTATCOM in Radial Distribution System Using Cuckoo Search Optimization Algorithm
Table 1
Result of 12-bus system.
| | Cases | | PSO [12] | Proposed method |
| | Only DG (Case II) | DG size in MW (location) | 0.0378 () | 0.2355 (9) | | Power loss (kW) | 17.68 | 10.77 | | (p.u) | NA | 0.9830 | | VSI (p.u) | NA | 0.9340 | | TOC ($) | NA | 1220 | | Average computation time (s) | NA | 12.12 |
| | Only DSTATCOM (Case III) | DSTATCOM (size and location) | 0.0321 () | 0.2102 (9) | | Power loss (kW) | 18.40 | 12.58 | | (p.u) | NA | 0.9562 | | VSI (p.u) | NA | 0.8235 | | TOC ($) | NA | 1101.3 | | Average computation time (s) | NA | 12.51 |
| | Both DG and DSTATCOM placed simultaneously (Case IV) | DG & DSTATCOM (size and location) | 0.0390 (),
0.0320 () | 0.2324 (9),
0.2121 (9) | | Power loss (kW) | 11.05 | 3.17 | | (p.u) | 0.9608 | 0.9908 | | VSI (p.u) | NA | 0.9636 | | TOC ($) | NA | 2235.6 | | Average computation time (s) | NA | 11.92 |
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