TY - JFULL AU - Kyaw Myo Lin and Pyone Lai Swe and Khine Zin Oo PY - 2019/2/ TI - Optimal Distributed Generator Sizing and Placement by Analytical Method and PSO Algorithm Considering Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch T2 - International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering SP - 12 EP - 20 VL - 13 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10009926 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 145, 2019 N2 - In this paper, an approach combining analytical method for the distributed generator (DG) sizing and meta-heuristic search for the optimal location of DG has been presented. The optimal size of DG on each bus is estimated by the loss sensitivity factor method while the optimal sites are determined by Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based optimal reactive power dispatch for minimizing active power loss. To confirm the proposed approach, it has been tested on IEEE-30 bus test system. The adjustments of operating constraints and voltage profile improvements have also been observed. The obtained results show that the allocation of DGs results in a significant loss reduction with good voltage profiles and the combined approach is competent in keeping the system voltages within the acceptable limits. ER -