Optimal network reconfiguration and renewable DG integration considering time sequence variation in load and DGs

Several studies of distribution network enhancement focused only on the optimization of either the integration of distributed generations (DC) or network reconfiguration. However, very few researches have been done for distribution network reconfiguration simultaneously with the DG location and sizing. This paper presents a multi-objective management operations based on network reconfiguration in parallel with renewable DGs allocation and sizing for minimizing active power loss, annual operation costs (installation, maintenance, and active power loss costs) and pollutant gas emissions. The time sequence variation in wind speed, solar irradiation and load are taken into consideration. An efficient evolutionary technique based on the Pareto optimality is adopted to solve the problem. A fuzzy set theory is used to select the best compromise solution among obtained Pareto set. The obtained results prove the efficiency and the accuracy of the suggested method for the network manager to find the optimal network configuration simultaneously with DG location and sizing considering multiple criteria. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.