A Simple Method for Feeder Reconfiguration of Balanced and Unbalanced Distribution Systems for Loss Minimization

Abstract This article presents a simple reconfiguration algorithm that is specially suited for balanced and unbalanced radial distribution systems. The proposed algorithm involves less complex mathematical expressions, and a more efficient network configuration can be obtained with reduced power losses. The choice of the switches to be closed is based on the calculation of bus voltages and the minimum total system losses using a power flow program. This method takes a smaller number of switchings and less CPU time. Results obtained on one balanced system and two unbalanced systems are also presented and compared with the existing methods. Keywords: radial distribution networksfeeder reconfigurationbalanced and unbalancedload flow