Reconfiguration of Radial Electrical Distribution Network Through Minimum-Current Circular-Updating-Mechanism Method

Author

Zin, Abdullah Asuhaimi Mohd ; Ferdavani, Ali Khorasani ; Khairuddin, Azhar Bin ; Naeini, Marjan Mortazavi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Volume

27

Issue

2

fYear

2012

fDate

5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

968

Lastpage

974

Abstract

Reconfiguration of the Radial Electrical Distribution Network (ROREDN) is one vital analysis to optimize and control the electrical distribution system. This paper presents a new heuristic method for ROREDN based on minimum branch current in the system. A circular updating mechanism is presented in which every open switch is acquired and updated. The proposed technique has been tested and compared to other existing ones on four hypothetical electrical distribution networks. The method has remarkably solved the problems accurately with fast computational times.

Keywords

distribution networks; ROREDN reconfiguration; circular updating mechanism; heuristic method; minimum branch current; minimum-current circular-updating-mechanism method; radial electrical distribution network reconfiguration; Heuristic algorithms; Optimization methods; Radiation detectors; Reliability; Sensitivity; Switches; Algorithms; heuristic method; losses; minimum current; optimization methods; power distribution; radial system; reconfiguration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2011.2174258

Filename

6095355