TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution network reconfiguration validation with uncertain loads - network configuration determination and application
AU - Bai, Xuefeng
AU - Mavrocostanti, Yiango
AU - Strickland, Dani
AU - Harrap, Chris
PY - 2016/9/2
Y1 - 2016/9/2
N2 - Automatic load transfer (ALT) on the 11 kV network is the process by which circuit breakers on the network are switched to form open points in order to feed load from different primary substations. Some of the potential benefits that may be gained from dynamically using ALT include maximising utilisation of existing assets, voltage regulation and reduced losses. One of the key issues, that has yet to be properly addressed in published research, is how to validate that the modelled benefits really exist. On an 11 kV distribution network where the load is continually changing and the load on each distribution substation is unlikely to be monitored - reduction in losses from moving the normally open point is particularly difficult to prove. This study proposes a method to overcome this problem and uses measured primary feeder data from two parts of the Western Power Distribution 11 kV Network under different configurations. The process of choosing the different configurations is based on a heuristic modelling method of locating minimum voltages to help reduce losses.
AB - Automatic load transfer (ALT) on the 11 kV network is the process by which circuit breakers on the network are switched to form open points in order to feed load from different primary substations. Some of the potential benefits that may be gained from dynamically using ALT include maximising utilisation of existing assets, voltage regulation and reduced losses. One of the key issues, that has yet to be properly addressed in published research, is how to validate that the modelled benefits really exist. On an 11 kV distribution network where the load is continually changing and the load on each distribution substation is unlikely to be monitored - reduction in losses from moving the normally open point is particularly difficult to prove. This study proposes a method to overcome this problem and uses measured primary feeder data from two parts of the Western Power Distribution 11 kV Network under different configurations. The process of choosing the different configurations is based on a heuristic modelling method of locating minimum voltages to help reduce losses.
UR - http://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-gtd.2015.0734
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983631335&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1049/iet-gtd.2015.0734
DO - 10.1049/iet-gtd.2015.0734
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84983631335
SN - 1751-8687
VL - 10
SP - 2852
EP - 2860
JO - IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution
JF - IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution
IS - 12
ER -