Impact of clustering techniques in technical planning and operation methodology of micro and mini distributed generation units

The recent literature proposes a methodology of planning and operation of micro and mini distributed generation units that allows the immediate exploration (short and medium term, in a scenario called Pre Smart Grid), its potential capacity of dispatch of reactive power, fundamental for optimization of the operation of the distribution networks, and it does not consider the place of installation of the distributed distribution units and the value of active power as controlled variables. They used, for this, a single criterion of sectorization (median). Thus it is necessary to evaluate a use of different sectorization techniques in the operation of micro and mini generation units distributed in the Pre Smart Grid environment.