Atom Search Optimization Algorithm for Allocating Distributed Generators in Radial Distribution Systems

In recent years the use of renewable energy sources (RES) by many power grid companies worldwide has increased significantly. The trend towards RES is mainly due to environmental issues and rising fuel prices associated with conventional electricity generation. This paper introduces a hybrid approach find optimal location size distributed generations (DG) in radial distribution system (RDS). proposed based on atom search optimization (ASO) technique calculate allocation DGs loss sensitivity (PLS) index obtain best buses for installation RDS. presented applied IEEE 33-bus RDS increase voltage profile minimize losses. results obtained prove that developed can be highly effective integrating DG into compared other methods literature.