Recloser allocation and placement for rural distribution systems
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Qin, Qiu; Wu, N. Eva
- Source
- 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2015 IEEE. :1-5 Jul, 2015
- Subject
- Engineering Profession
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Resource management
Reliability
Interrupters
Circuit faults
Optimization
Power system reliability
Switching Devices Placement
Distribution System Reliability
Reliability Evaluation
- Language
- ISSN
- 1932-5517
Recloser allocation and placement for a rural distribution system is investigated using a hierarchical framework. This paper proposed a high level recloser allocation scheme in addition to the low level recloser placement. Allocating reclosers to certain feeders without knowing the the exact circuit topology would be more efficient and desirable for the planning of utility companies. While the allocation scheme focused on minimizing SAIFI in this paper, other objectives and constraints can be included and formulated similarly. The allocation and placement is demonstrated on the Roy Billinton Test System (RBTS).