A fuzzy-rule based power restoration approach for a distribution system with renewable energies

Based on heuristic fuzzy rules, a new power restoration approach is presented in this paper. The restoration approach developed can be used to deal with different fault cases in a distribution system (DS) with sources of renewable energies. This paper introduces "Load Path" as the main framework for restoration. The proposed strategy can achieve the advantages of simple decision criterions, balance of backup feeders, fast execution time, and applicability for different fault cases. Depending on fault situations, the number of load paths is different. With more than two load paths existing, the proposed fuzzy rules infer the best main load path with one of its switches operated as the restoration strategy (RS) for the specific case. To consider the distributed generations (DGs) of renewable energies, the proposed approach has been validated in a test system adapted from Taipower distribution system for different scenario studies.