Simulation of a Distributed Generation System

Abstract

This paper describes the simulation of a distributed generation system with storage technologies. The simulation is performed using a SCADA software for a distributed generation system, considering the generation cost, the daily load, the power losses and the availability of the system's generating units. Also, a storage unit is added to the system. The system's generating units cover demand in order of their generating cost coefficient, with the observation that if the distributed energy sources are ongrid, they have priority access to the system. This is because the power provided by the distributed generator is variable in timedue to the availability of their primary source. When the demand is higher than the generation output, the storage unit will be used to cover the necessary remaining power.