Ñaupari Huatuco, D.Z.; Filho, L.O.P.; Pucuhuayla, F.J.S.; Rodriguez, Y.P.M. Network Reconfiguration for Loss Reduction Using Tabu Search and a Voltage Drop. Energies2024, 17, 2744.
Ñaupari Huatuco, D.Z.; Filho, L.O.P.; Pucuhuayla, F.J.S.; Rodriguez, Y.P.M. Network Reconfiguration for Loss Reduction Using Tabu Search and a Voltage Drop. Energies 2024, 17, 2744.
Ñaupari Huatuco, D.Z.; Filho, L.O.P.; Pucuhuayla, F.J.S.; Rodriguez, Y.P.M. Network Reconfiguration for Loss Reduction Using Tabu Search and a Voltage Drop. Energies2024, 17, 2744.
Ñaupari Huatuco, D.Z.; Filho, L.O.P.; Pucuhuayla, F.J.S.; Rodriguez, Y.P.M. Network Reconfiguration for Loss Reduction Using Tabu Search and a Voltage Drop. Energies 2024, 17, 2744.
Abstract
This work presents a new algorithm to resolve the problem of distribution network reconfiguration using the Tabu Search metaheuristic and voltage drop. The proposed method presents a different way to obtain the initial solution using the voltage drop, as well as a new way to generate a neighborhood of candidate solutions, based on randomness and the voltage drop, to perform a smooth and steady descent execution of the algorithm. The proposed algorithm has the main objective to reduce the active power losses in distribution networks, but it also achieves an refinement in the voltage profile. The proposed method was tested in two distribution systems, the 33-Bus and 94-Bus systems, commonly found and tested in the literature. The results of the tests show that the proposed method presents a low computational cost, achieves good solutions, and is better than the other methods found in the literature.
Keywords
network reconfiguration; distribution system; optimization; Tabu Search; minimization; distribution system loss; OpenDSS; Python
Subject
Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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