A New Heuristic Network Reconfiguration Algorithm for Radial Distribution System

By J Dhiman et al

This paper presents a new heuristic network reconfiguration method for radial distribution system, in which the choice of the switches to be opened is based on the calculation of voltage at the buses, real and reactive power flowing through lines, real power losses and voltage deviation, using distribution load flow (DLF) program. The solutions get converged very early on; therefore execution time is very small. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between electrical parameters of the distribution system and the mathematical parameters that influence the convergence properties of the algorithm. A IEEE 33-bus radial distribution test system is taken as a study system for performing the test. The results reveal the speed and the effectiveness of the proposed method for solving the problem.