Switch placement considering microgrid operation to improve the reliability of electrical power distribution systems

• Grant number: 12/06707-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Power Systems
• Principal Investigator: Fabio Bertequini Leao
• Grantee: Carlos Eduardo Caetano de Mello
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ilha Solteira. Ilha Solteira , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this research project is proposed the development of a methodology for optimal switch placement considering microgrid operation of distributed generators to improve the reliability of the electrical distribution network. The method is based on a mathematical model of Mixed Integer Non-linear Programming (MINLP) that considers the minimization of consumers are not supplied and the losses in distribution feeders. As advances in the state of the art of the problem it is proposed to include the minimization of the cost of switches to the model. To solve the proposed model should be used solution techniques based on evolutionary algorithms such as Genetic Algorithms (GA). (AU)