Automated Distribution Networks Reliability Optimization in the Presence of DG Units Considering Probability Customer Interruption: A Practical Case Study

Hassan Karimi; Taher Niknam; Moslem Dehghani; Mohammad Ghiasi; Mina Ghasemigarpachi; Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban; Sajad Tabatabaee; Hamdulah Aliev

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3096128

IEEE Access (Jan 2021)

Automated Distribution Networks Reliability Optimization in the Presence of DG Units Considering Probability Customer Interruption: A Practical Case Study

Hassan Karimi,
Taher Niknam,
Moslem Dehghani,
Mohammad Ghiasi,
Mina Ghasemigarpachi,
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban,
Sajad Tabatabaee,
Hamdulah Aliev

Affiliations

Hassan Karimi: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
Taher Niknam: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
Moslem Dehghani: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
Mohammad Ghiasi: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
Mina Ghasemigarpachi: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban: ORCiD; Department of Business Development and Technology, CTiF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark
Sajad Tabatabaee: Department of Electrical Engineering, Mahshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahshahr, Iran
Hamdulah Aliev: ORCiD; Faculty of Energy, Tajik Technical University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3096128
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9
pp. 98490 – 98505

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Automation in power distribution systems and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), which perform network switching automatically and remotely, allows distribution companies to flexibly control distribution power grids. Cross-section switches also has a significant role in the automation in distribution systems, in that the operational optimization of these switches is able to enhance the supply power quality and reliability indicators, and can be a prosperous solution to increase the reliability, efficiency and overall service quality in services to customers. In this regard, in this work, the genetic optimization algorithm (GOA) approach which integrated the Steepest Descend Technique (SDT) is proposed and enhanced based on the features of the mentioned issue to sketch the optimal location and control of automatic and manual cross-section switches and protection relay systems in distribution power systems. The GOA is able to search globally that can prevent the result from locally convergence, also, GOA gives superior primary solutions for the SDT. Thus, the SDT can search locally with higher performance which increase the solutions’ accuracy. Therefore, an optimization formulation is proposed to improve the value-based reliability of the suggested layout considering the cost of customer downtime and the costs related to segmentation of switches and relay protection devices. Also, a distributed generation (DG) system in distribution networks is considered based on the islanded state of generation units. The effectiveness of the optimal suggested procedure is evaluated and represented via performing a practical test system in the distribution network of Ahvaz city in Iran. The results show that using proposed method and by optimally allocating switches maneuver, energy losses without switches are reduced from 310.17 (MWh) to 254.2 (MWh), and also by using DG, losses are reduced from 554.01 to 533.61 which confirms the ability and higher accuracy of the proposed method to improve reliability indices.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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