A reconfiguration method for regional distribution networks with graph-based ant system

Author

Yuanbo Sun ; Chengxue Zhang ; Zhijian Hu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China

fYear

2013

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

3705

Lastpage

3708

Abstract

The graph-based ant system method is used for solving reconfiguration problem in regional distribution networks. The solution process includes an off-line part and an on-line part. The off-line part analyses topology. Route graph is used for expressing the feasible solution set. The online part searches the best solution by simulating the ants´ traveling in route graph. Since the feasible solution set is large, this paper modifies the rules of route selection and pheromone updating to avoid the searching process falling into stagnation. Simulation example using an actual regional distribution networks indicates the method´s effectiveness.

Keywords

ant colony optimisation; distribution networks; graph theory; graph-based ant system; pheromone updating; reconfiguration method; reconfiguration problem; regional distribution networks; route graph; route selection; Adaptive systems; Educational institutions; Genetic algorithms; Load flow; Network topology; Particle swarm optimization; Topology; graph theory; graph-based ant system; reconfiguration; regional distribution networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronic Sciences, Electric Engineering and Computer (MEC), Proceedings 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shengyang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2564-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEC.2013.6885641

Filename

6885641