This paper presents a methodology for distribution networks reconfiguration in outage presence in order to choose the reconfiguration that presents the lower power losses. The methodology is based on statistical failure and repair data of the distribution power system components and uses fuzzy-probabilistic modelling for system component outage parameters. Fuzzy membership functions of system c...

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _Abstract: Distribution Feeder Reconfiguration (DFR) is a critical analysis to optimize and control the distribution system and an important function of distribution automation system. Distribution feeders are configured radially. Their configurations may be varied with manual or automatic sw...

Power distribution systems typically have tie and sectionalizing switches whose states determine the topological configuration of the network. The aim of network reconfiguration of the distribution network is to minimize the losses for a load arrangement at a particular time. Thus the objective function is to minimize the losses of the network by satisfying the distribution network constraints....

Electrical power distribution systems are critical links between the utility and customer. They are constructed by one of the three types: radial, open loop and network. They are usually arranged to be radial in operation to simplify over-current protection. Utilities are constantly looking for newer technologies that enhance power delivery performance. One of the several important issues is th...

ABSTARCT This paper presents a new method for optimal multi-objective reconfiguration of distribution system based on the novel Intelligent Water Drops (IWD) algorithm in order to mitigation of losses, improving the voltage profile and equalizing the feeder load balancing. The proposed method is validated using the IEEE33-bus test system and a TaiPower 11.4 KV distribution system as a real dist...

The distribution system is an important part that provides the final links between the utility and the customers. Most distribution systems in practice have a single-circuit main feeder and are radially configured. The radial distribution system is widely used because of its simple design, generally low cost and supportive protection scheme. This configuration suggests from a reliability point ...

Distributed systems with high availability requirements have to allow reconfiguration of the system without being taken off-line. Examples of reconfigurations are the replacement of a component with a newer version, or the migration of a component to another node. A key issue for reconfiguration is maintaining the correctness of the system, which can be very complex due to the number of compone...

An intensive use of reconfigurable hardware is expected in future embedded systems. This means that the system has to decide which tasks are more suitable for hardware execution. In order to make an efficient use of the FPGA it is convenient to choose one that allows hardware multitasking, which is implemented by using partial dynamic reconfiguration. One of the challenges for hardware multitas...