Reliability evaluation of active distribution network considering various active adjustment means

Abstract

With the large-scale configuration of distribution automation and the widespread implementation of distributed generation (DG) and flexible load (FL), the distribution network can achieve active regulation, which makes the traditional fault restoration strategy and distribution network reliability evaluation more complicated. Given this background, a method of reliability evaluation for the active distribution network considering ‘supply-grid-load’ is proposed. On the supply side, a distribution network islanding model considering DG is established, with the objective of supplying power to the maximised amount of equivalent power load. On the grid side, the influence of distribution network automation on the distribution network reliability is elaborately analysed and the time-varying failure rate model of equipment which considers the life cycle characteristics is presented. On the load side, an incentive-based FL model is proposed based on the elastic coefficient matrix. Finally, simulation results of RBTS-BUS6 system demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model and method.

Keywords

• power distribution faults
• failure analysis
• power distribution reliability
• power grids
• distributed power generation
• power generation reliability
• power generation faults
• equivalent power load
• distribution network automation
• incentive-based fl model
• active adjustment means
• distribution automation
• active regulation
• fault restoration
• distribution network reliability
• active distribution network
• distribution network islanding model
• large-scale configuration
• distributed generation
• supply-grid-load
• time-varying failure rate model
• life cycle characteristics
• elastic coefficient matrix
• rbts-bus6 system