Reliability Improvement in a Radial Distribution System Using DG

Abstract:

Reliability analysis plays a very vital role in designing and planning of radial distribution systems that operate for minimal interruption of customer loads. The Distributed Generation (DG) in a radial distribution network has been slowly increasing for the last few years due to advancement of technologies and institutional changes in the electric power industry. This paper presents a reliability analysis for large scale, radial (with respect to substation) and reconfigurable electrical distribution systems. This paper evaluates the improvement in reliability over a time varying load curve.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 768)
• Pages: 351-358
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.768.351
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Sitan Kumar Singh, D. Sattianadan, M. Sudhakaran
• Keywords: Customer Interruption Cost, Distributed Generation (DG), Distribution System, Reliability

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