Title :
Distribution System Reconfiguration for Loss Reduction Based on Ant Colony Behavior
Author :
Pereira, F.S. ; Vittori, K. ; da Costa, G.R.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Sao Paulo Univ.
Abstract :
The problem of reconfiguration of distribution systems to minimize power loss was formulated as an optimization problem. This formulation takes into account the operational constraints on line flows and voltages and the radial topology. To solve this problem, the authors propose a method to optimize this reconfiguration of the distribution system, based on the behavior of colonies of ants. To illustrate the proposed method, a numerical example is presented
Keywords :
distribution networks; losses; optimisation; ant colony behavior; distribution system reconfiguration; loss reduction; optimization problem; power loss; Ant colony optimization; Artificial intelligence; Genetic algorithms; Heuristic algorithms; Niobium; Power system protection; Power system restoration; Switches; Topology; Voltage; Ant colony optimization; distribution system; power loss reduction; radial topology; reconfiguration;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission & Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America, 2006. TDC '06. IEEE/PES
Conference_Location :
Caracas
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0287-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0288-3
DOI :
10.1109/TDCLA.2006.311448
