Protection Coordination Toward Optimal Network Reconfiguration and DG Sizing

Abdul Rahim, Mohamad Norshahrani and Mokhlis, Hazlie and Bakar, Ab Halim Abu and Rahman, Mir Toufikur and Badran, Ola and Mansor, Nurulafiqah Nadzirah (2019) Protection Coordination Toward Optimal Network Reconfiguration and DG Sizing. IEEE Access, 7. pp. 163700-163718. ISSN 2169-3536, DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2952652.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2952652

Abstract

Research on network reconfiguration (NR) considering distributed generations (DG) is typically concerns on the issues of power loss, voltage deviation, DG sizing as well as its placement, which are important and required in the planning stage. On the other hand, another important aspect which often neglected in this stage is coordination of protection devices which is essential to prevent the network from damages following system breakdown. Without sufficient attention given to the protection coordination during NR, there is a possibility for the protective devices to miscoordinate and consequently lead to system blackout, due to changes in current flow and fault level. Therefore, this paper proposed an NR method for distribution networks with DG, incorporating protection devices. The proposed method aims to find the optimal configuration and DG size with minimum power loss, and at the same time ensuring protective devices operate correctly during normal and fault condition. Constraints on protection coordination and DG size are explicitly formulated in the proposed method. The validity of the proposed method is analyzed on three commonly used IEEE 33-bus, 69-bus and 118-bus distribution systems, employing the firefly algorithm (FA) and evolutionary programming (EP) algorithm. Comparative studies are done to prove the validity and robustness of the proposed method. © 2013 IEEE.

Item Type: Article
Funders: University of Malaya: Research University (RU) Grants–Faculty Program (Grant No. GPF016A-2019)
Uncontrolled Keywords: distributed generations; Network reconfiguration; protection coordination
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2020 06:23
Last Modified: 30 Apr 2020 06:23
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/24255

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