Research Article

Dual Strategy of Reconfiguration with Capacitor Placement for Improvement Reliability and Power Quality in Distribution System

Table 1

The results and comparison among the scenarios for the IEEE 33-bus RSD.

ParameterScenarios
SequentiallySimultaneously
Base caseCOP after DSRDSR after OCPDSR and OCP

Tie switch number33, 34, 35, 36, and 377, 14, 30, 35, and 3711, 27, 33, 34, and 367, 11, 17, 34, and 37
Total power loss (kW)202.6771115.7382105.9175104.5116
Capacitor location19, 23, and 306, 24, and 3319, 30, and 33
Capacitor size KVAR100, 600, and 100600, 600, and 600600, 600, and 600
(p.u.)0.913060.950.950.95732
(p.u.)1111
Execution time (sec)0.23802391.1491761.0816789.1659
Convergence iterations12937
Percentage loss reduction42.895347.740848.4344
SAIDI (hr/c.yr)2.04361.78721.54241.5151
SAIFI (f/c.yr)2.41262.27162.09642.0839
EENS (MWhr/yr)2066.64461918.65441894.01941605.2589
AENS (MWhr/C.yr)0.1135500.1054200.1040700.088201
ASAI (p.u.)0.999770.999810.999810.99984
CAIDI (hr/c.Int.)0.847030.786750.735760.72703
ASUI (p.u.)0.000233280.000194820.000187140.00015796