Jared Murillo López

Mr. Jared Murillo López

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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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6 September 2026 in Energies
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AJAnthony Josué Buezo Jiménez
Anthony Josué Buezo Jiménez
JLJared Murillo López
Jared Murillo López
OROsly Roberto Rodas
Osly Roberto Rodas
Jonathan Muñoz TaboraJonathan Muñoz Tabora
Jonathan Muñoz Tabora
RGRafael Alberto García
Rafael Alberto García
Inverter-interfaced distributed generation (DG) can provide voltage support in unbalanced distribution feeders; however, sequential, phase-selective siting and sizing under local interconnection constraints have received limited attention. This study proposes a constructive Volt/VAR planning method that allocates DG according to the apparent demand and voltage-deficient phases at each candidate bus. A descending reactive power feasibility test rejects solutions that cause non-convergence, overvoltage, or deterioration of the minimum system voltage. The method was implemented through automated unbalanced three-phase power-flow simulations and tested on the IEEE 13-node feeder and the real 3849-bus CHIRIPA medium-voltage network in Honduras, using active power allocation factors of 0.7 and 0.9. The selected configurations were evaluated over 24 h profiles for representative sunny and rainy days, annualized, and assessed economically over a 25-year horizon. Annual energy losses decreased by 25.8% and 26.4% in the IEEE feeder, although local capacity constraints prevented all phase voltages from reaching the 0.95–1.05 p.u. range. In CHIRIPA, all medium-voltage bus-phase voltages satisfied this range at maximum demand, although this improvement persisted only during solar hours; annual losses fell by 15.1% and 18.7%. The economic feasibility threshold in CHIRIPA depended primarily on installed capacity (approximately 6.5–6.6 MW), rather than unit count. These results provide a reproducible framework for prioritizing phase-specific DG investments under technical and economic constraints.