Energy supply interruption by permanent faults causes economic and social problems, dissatisfaction of customers and penalization to electrical power distribution companies. In the procedure to restore distribution networks, ...

This work presents a case study on technology assessment for power quality devices. A system compatibility test protocol for power quality mitigation devices was developed in order to evaluate the functionality of three-phase ...

This work presents a case study on technology assessment for power quality devices. A system compatibility test protocol for power quality mitigation devices was developed in order to evaluate the functionality of three-phase ...

This paper proposes an evolutionary computing strategy to solve the problem of fault indicator (FI) placement in primary distribution feeders. More specifically, a genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to search for an efficient ...

This article presents a new mathematical model to solve the restoration problem in balanced distribution systems with distributed generators (DGs) considering closed-loop topology operation during the restorative state. ...

This paper proposes a relaxed mathematical model to solve the restoration problem of radial and balanced electrical distribution systems. The mathematical model is a mixed-integer linear programming formulation that can ...

Reliability of power supply is related, among other factors, to the control and protection devices allocation in feeders of distribution systems. In this way, optimized allocation of sectionalizing switches and protection ...