Automated primary distribution system design: reliability and cost optimization

Author

Brown, R.E. ; Gupta, S. ; Christie, R.D. ; Venkata, S.S. ; Fletcher, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1017

Lastpage

1022

Abstract

After the routing of a primary distribution system has been established, the system needs to be designed in detail-switches and protection devices must be placed, automation schemes must be decided upon, etc. This design stage has a critical impact on the reliability and cost of a distribution system. This paper proposes an economic criterion for this design stage, compares several automated design methods, and identifies the algorithm best suited for distribution system reliability and cost optimization. This method is then applied to an existing utility distribution feeder and the results are discussed

Keywords

distribution networks; economics; optimisation; power system CAD; power system planning; power system reliability; CAD methods; automated design methods; cost optimization; design optimization algorithms; distribution feeder; planning; primary distribution systems; reliability optimization; Algorithm design and analysis; Cost function; Design optimization; Frequency; Power generation economics; Power system reliability; Protection; Routing; Student members; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.584431

Filename

584431