Akbar Bayat - Dispatching department Zanjan Electric Distribution Company Zanjan, Iran

It is expected that future distribution networks be smarter and include many dispersed generations (DG) of different sizes. As an innate capability of Smart Grids, dynamic reconfiguration will be realized by the use of advanced remote control switches. Distribution network reconfiguration (DNR) is one of the simplest and robust ways to reduce operational losses. However, the problem of DNR is a nonlinear combinatorial discrete problem which makes it difficult to be solved using mathematical optimization methods. In this paper, a modification is proposed to the robust reconfiguration algorithm named UVDA. The UVDA works perfectly when the network encompasses very few DGs. however, its performance weakens when the distribution network encompasses numerous DGs. The proposed method is verified through.

UVDA; Smart Grids; distribution network reconfiguration;