Feeder Reconfiguration and Capacitor Settings on Distribution Systems : an Approach for Simultaneous Solution Using a Genetic Algorithm
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This paper presents an effective approach to simultaneous solution of capacitor setting and feeder reconfiguration for power-energy loss reduction and voltage profile enhancement in radial distribution systems. An optimization method using a Genetic Algorithm is proposed to determine the optimal selection size, location, type and number of fixed or switched capacitors as well as the open/closed states of the sectionalizing and tie switches for each load level. The proposed method has been tested in a range of networks and results show that taking into account feeder reconfiguration and capacitor setting simultaneously, losses can be minimized more efficiently than by considering them separately. Simulations results are presented for a 16 bus IEEE system and for a 733 bus practical distribution network.
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