A modelling technique is developed for determining the harmonic voltage distribution across a distribution system when there is an equitable distribution of harmonic emission. The harmonic voltages at the 132kV and 415V levels are fixed to values based on IEC Compatibility and Planning Levels and the intermediate voltages determined. Studies are made of six systems, typical of Australian distri...

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This paper describes ODMP (Operator Distribution Method for Parallel Planning), a parallelization method for efficient heuristic planning. The method innovates in that it parallelizes the application of the available operators to the current state and the evaluation of the successor states using the heuristic function. In order to achieve better load balancing and a lift in the scalability of t...

Providing reliable electrical service has always been a key focus for distribution planners. Traditional forecasting and planning approaches have historically used average load growth over wide areas, basic analysis of weather impacts, and little, if any, attention to changing economic, resource deployment, or network topology changes. Exactly how resources and loads operate, interact, and prov...

Logistics distribution and movements planning involves developing an efficient plan to move all of the required supplies, equipment and personnel to desired locations in a timely manner. It is an inherently difficult problem to solve and given the complexity of the problem, scenarios of a realistic size can take a significant amount of time to compute. A greedy distribution algorithm has been c...

Abstract: The paper develops a multi-objective planning framework for distribution network expansion with electric vehicle charging stations. Charging loads are modeled in the first place, and then integrated into the optimal distribution network expansion planning. The formulation is extended from the single objective of the economic cost minimization into three objectives with the additional ...

In this paper, a framework is presented to solve the problem of multistage distribution system expansion planning in which installation and/or reinforcement of substations, feeders and distributed generation units are taken into consideration as possible solutions for system capacity expansion. The proposed formulation considers investment, operation, and outage costs of the system. The expansi...

PROLOGUE With many of the uncertainties facing the distribution and provision of pharmacy and other health care services, future managers must understand the importance of conducting the strategic planning process. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of strategic planning and the steps of the strategic planning process for organizations in the pharmaceutical distribution syste...

Connection of distributed generation (DG) units, energy storages, and new loads into low voltage (LV) grids leads to a constrained operation of the grids. Consequently, voltage limits violation and overloading of grid assets occur more frequently. To tackle these issues, distribution system operators (DSO) still employ traditional techniques in planning distribution grids to increase grid hosti...