Author(s)

Gamal Abd El-Azeem Mahmoud, Eyad Saeed Solimanx Oda

Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

The growth of wind energy penetration level in distribution system raises the concern about its impact on the operation of the power system, especially voltage stability and power loss. Among the major concerns, this paper studied the impact of connecting wind Turbine (WT) in radial distribution system with different penetration levels and different power factor (lead and lag) on power system voltage stability and power loss reduction. Load flow calculation was carried out using forward-backward sweep method. The analysis proceeds on 9- and 33-bus radial distribution systems. Results show that voltage stability enhancement and power loss reduction should be considered as WT installation objective.

Power Loss, Radial Distribution System, Si Index, Voltage Stability, Optimal Size and Location of Wind Turbine

Mahmoud, G. and Oda, E. (2016) Investigation of Connecting Wind Turbine to Radial Distribution System on Voltage Stability Using SI Index and λ - V Curves. Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 7, 16-45. doi: 10.4236/sgre.2016.71002.