An expert system for power distribution network feeder planning

Author

Lins, Zanoni Dueire ; De Carvalho, M. Afonso, Jr.

Author_Institution

Univ. Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

13-16 Aug 1995

Firstpage

457

Abstract

This work presents an expert system for the planning of feeders in power distribution networks. The expert system was written in Turbo-Prolog (version 2.0) and aims to help and increase the efficiency of the design sectors of power distribution companies. The inference rules are based on planning strategies that take into account the quality of the power supplied and the lowest investment in infra-structure. The Load Flow program used is based on the Modified Decoupled Load Flow Method. The integration between the expert system and the Load Flow program is managed by the expert system itself, which is also responsible for automatic reconfiguration of feeders. The program PRODIS is user-friendly and allows easy data input of the parameters of the system and also performs error-checking. The resulting design is easily accessible by users. Planning results are presented

Keywords

PROLOG; distribution networks; expert systems; inference mechanisms; load flow; power system analysis computing; power system planning; PRODIS; Turbo-Prolog; automatic reconfiguration; distribution network feeder; error-checking; expert system; inference rules; infra-structure investment; modified decoupled load flow method; planning strategies; power distribution network; power distribution planning; Electronic mail; Expert systems; Investments; Load flow; Power distribution; Power supplies; Power system management; Power system planning; Power systems; Strategic planning; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1995., Proceedings., Proceedings of the 38th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2972-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1995.504475

Filename

504475