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Distribution system reconfiguration using genetic algorithm based on connected graphs

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Bogdan Tomoiagă *
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M. Chindris
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Andreas Sumper
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Roberto Villafáfila‐Robles
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Antoni Sudrià‐Andreu
DOI:10.1016/j.epsr.2013.06.021delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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The reconfiguration of a power distribution system, by exchanging the functional links between its elements, represents one of the most important procedures to improve the performance in the operation of a distribution system. The optimization through reconfiguration (or optimal reconfiguration) of a power distribution system is not a new problem but still represents a difficult one and is specified in some strategies for smart grids. The paper addresses this problem as a single objective one, where, as main criterion, active power losses have been chosen. There is no unique acceptance regarding which approach (based on heuristics, meta-heuristics, genetic algorithms, etc.) is the most proper to use in order to solve this problem. The most important thing is how the specific knowledge of the problem domain is used and modeled in the implementation. Moreover, the indices which can quantify the quality of a reconfiguration method consist in runtime and the obtained solution and these indices can be confirmed only by experimental results. In order to solve the problem (to search and find the optimal solution) an original genetic algorithm based on connected graphs is proposed. Comparative tests performed on some test systems demonstrated the accuracy and the promptness of the proposed algorithm. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Power distribution systems
Reconfiguration
Genetic algorithms
Graph theory
Distributed generation

Journal

Electric Power Systems Research cover
Electric Power Systems Research
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4.2
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1.1W
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2.2W

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Technical University of Cluj Napoca
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universitat politecnica de catalunya
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