An Inference Methodology Based on the Local Minimum Tree Search to Solve the Distribution System Events Under Heavy Load Condition

This paper proposes an inference methodology that can minimize the spreading effect caused by the occurrence of a feeder fault, a feeder overload, a main transformer fault, or a main transformer overload problem in a distribution system under a heavy load condition. First, the load transfer procedure is decomposed into multisteps and multistages. Then, a new inference methodology for searching the goal nodes as well as the fail nodes based on the local minimum tree search is developed.