Reconfiguration of Distribution Network with Distributed Energy Resources Integration Using PSO Algorithm
Abstract: This paper presents
optimal reconfiguration of radial distribution network with integration of
distributed energy resources (DER) using improved particle swarm optimization
(PSO) algorithm. The benefits of DER integration in distribution system are
reducing power losses, improving voltage profiles and load factors, eliminating
system upgrades, and reducing environmental impacts. However, the presence of
DER could also cause technical problems in voltage quality and system
protection. Reconfiguration of distribution network is aimed to minimize power
loss and to improve voltage quality in order to enhance the distribution system
performance. In this study, reconfiguration method is based on an improved PSO.
The method has been tested in a 60-bus Bantul distribution network of
Yogyakarta Special Region province, Indonesia. The simulation results show the
importance of reconfiguring the network for enhancing the distribution system
performance in the presence of DER.
Keywords: distribution
network; reconfiguration; efficiency; particle swarm optimization; distributed
energy resources
Author: Ramadoni Syahputra,
Imam Robandi, Mochamad Ashari
Journal Code: jptkomputergg150121
