Garzón Rivera, Oscar Daniel

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Optimal location of photovoltaic generators into the electrical distributed network in a Puerto Rican community
(2023-05-12) Garzón Rivera, Oscar Daniel; Andrade Rengifo, Fabio; College of Engineering; Grisales, Luis Fernando; Irizarry Rivera, Agustin; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Lorenzo Gonzalez, Edgardo
This research addressed the problem of optimal location of photovoltaic systems in electrical distribution networks in low-income communities through the application of Geodata, QGIS, openDSS and a genetic optimization algorithm in MATLAB. The low-income community studied is called La Salud, located in Mayag¨uez, PR, and the following methodology was proposed to solve the problem: identify the electrical and civil structure of the distribution system, determine the power of the available solar resource, model the distribution system in openDSS, and finally, evaluate the two simulation scenarios using the openDSS/MATLAB interface. To validate the proposed methodology, two simulation scenarios were used. One consisted of distributed and localized PV systems using optimization. The other consisted of PV systems located in the sections closest to the substation. The analysis of the scenarios was performed from the point of view of power losses, cost and emission reduction.