Distribution Network Reconfiguration based on Improved Gravitational Search Algorithm

Network reconfiguration for loss reduction in the distribution system is a significant way to save resources. It's an extremely hard optimization problem because of a plenty of switches in a distribution network. This paper presents an efficient Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) and its impr...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 12022 - 12027
Main Authors Wang, Yanshuo, Zhang, Bo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2017
Subjects
Acceleration
Algorithms
Gravity
Loss reduction
Optimization
Reconfiguration
Search algorithms
Switches
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Summary:Network reconfiguration for loss reduction in the distribution system is a significant way to save resources. It's an extremely hard optimization problem because of a plenty of switches in a distribution network. This paper presents an efficient Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) and its improvement based on elite strategy and adaptive position (ES-APGSA) to reduce grid loss using reconfiguration. The new algorithm can improve the speed of iterations and avoid the local convergence. In addition, the encoding method based on ring network is proposed which makes the dimensions of the particles much lower leading to an acceleration of the process. The correctness and effectiveness of the methods suggested in this paper is verified through the simulation results of IEEE33-node system.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/73/1/012022