Abstract
—Network reconfiguration is a process of changing the original structure of the distribution network system with the intention of balancing the load in every system’s feeder at the same time to optimize the operation of the system. The process involve the changing of switching state (tie switches and sectionalize switches), with the aim to find the best combination that can increase the performance of the system while satisfying with the operational constraints. The extreme necessity to the process has become a challenging mission for the researcher to overcome the reconfiguration problems. Recent years have seen a rapid development of evolutionary algorithms and swarm intelligence based algorithms to resolve for network reconfiguration problems. For that reason, this report deals with Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm to be implemented in network reconfiguration procedure to achieve the optimum level of operation. The ease and simplicity of the algorithm and the capability to find the global optimization solution has made this algorithm appropriate for this project. The objective of this work focused on improvements of distribution power system, in terms of minimizing the total real power loss and improving the voltage profile within the acceptable value. The algorithm was tested on two different radial distribution system (33 bus and 69 bus radial distribution systems)
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