DocumentCode :
3047204
Title :
Reliability assessment in power distribution networks by logical and matrix operations
Author :
Midence, D. ; Rivera, S. ; Vargas, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Energia Electr., Univ. Nac. de San Juan, San Juan
fYear :
2008
fDate :
13-15 Aug. 2008
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
The reliability assessment allows the distribution utilities to make more judicious investment decisions since they can balance the technical and economic aspects of the supply quality. However, to accomplish the reliability assessment of any power distribution network it must model the cause-and-effect relation between the fault locations and the affected customers. This work aims to present a method to accomplish the reliability assessment based on logical relation and matrix operations. The proposed method is proved by resolving several examples, which demonstrate how the type and location of the protection equipment modify the reliability indexes of a specific power distribution network. Moreover, these examples will show that the proposed method may become apt at assessing the reliability of real-sized power distribution networks without demanding much computing time. Finally, it will also mention additional applications for which this method may be suitable and suggest possible improvements to it.
Keywords :
matrix algebra; power distribution reliability; fault location; logical relation; matrix operations; power distribution networks; reliability assessment; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Equations; Fault location; Investments; Power generation economics; Power system reliability; Power systems; Protection; Switches; Distribution reliability assessment;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America, 2008 IEEE/PES
Conference_Location :
Bogota
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2217-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2218-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/TDC-LA.2008.4641696
Filename :
4641696
Link To Document :
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