Distribution System Reconfiguration using Mesh Elimination Technique

E. Mounica *, P. Ravi Babu **
* M.Tech Graduate, Department of Electrical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, India.
** Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Periodicity:November - January'2018
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jps.5.4.14158

Abstract

This work propounds a totally distinctive heuristic technique kenned as Mesh-Elimination (M-E) technique for reconfiguring an Electrical Distribution System. System reconfiguration can also be utilized as the multi objective implemented to tackle utterly different issues like loss diminution, load equalization, and amenity restoration in electrical power systems. This paper introduces some proficient algorithmic rules predicated upon M-E technique to unravel the issue of loss diminution for an electric power distribution system that is given. The M-E strategy is also an appealing heuristic technique in terms of computations, accustomed to ascertain optimum layout of a radial distribution system that is given. The projected algorithmic rules are encrypted in MATLAB. To establish the legitimacy of this algorithm, it has been experimented with traditional IEEE Sixteen, Thirty-three and Sixty-nine bus systems, and the obtained outcomes are habituated to corroborate the potential of the projected algorithmic rules to being applied to various other systems.

Keywords

Distribution Systems, Heuristic Technique, Mesh Elimination Technique, Power Losses, System Reconfiguration.

How to Cite this Article?

Mounica, E., and Babu, P. R. (2018). Distribution System Reconfiguration using Mesh Elimination Technique. i-manager’s Journal on Power Systems Engineering, 5(4), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.26634/jps.5.4.14158

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