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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2023)

Published: June 30, 2023

Pages: 12-20

Original Article

Distribution Networks Reconfiguration for Power Loss Reduction and Voltage Profile Improvement Using Hybrid TLBO-BH Algorithm

Arsalan Hadaeghi 1 Ahmadreza Abdollahi Chirani 2
1Department of Power & Control Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
History
  • Received: September 4, 2022
  • Revised: October 19, 2022
  • Accepted: October 19, 2022
  • Available Online: November 4, 2022
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.19.1.2

Abstract

In this paper, a new method based on the combination of the Teaching-learning-based-optimization (TLBO) and Black-hole (BH) algorithm has been proposed for the reconfiguration of distribution networks in order to reduce active power losses and improve voltage profile in the presence of distributed generation sources. The proposed method is applied to the IEEE 33-bus radial distribution system. The results show that the proposed method can be a very promising potential method for solving the reconfiguration problem in distribution systems and has a significant effect on loss reduction and voltage profile improvement.

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