Power distribution system switching operation scheduling for load balancing by using colored Petri nets

This study attempts to determine the daily load patterns of service zones, line switches, distribution feeders, and main transformers by using customer information in a customer information system (CIS) and information about distribution transformers in the outage management information system (OMIS) in Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). When a power distribution system is operating under normal conditions, the reconfiguration of feeders for balancing loads among distribution feeders is obtained by the colored Petri nets (CPN) inference mechanism, which improves the operating performance of distribution systems. A practical Taiwan power distribution system, with daily load patterns derived by a load survey, is used for a computer simulation and, thus, determines the effectiveness of the proposed methodology to improve the balancing of the feeder load for distribution systems by considering the load characteristics of the service customers.

[1]  Felix F. Wu,et al.  Network Reconfiguration in Distribution Systems for Loss Reduction and Load Balancing , 1989, IEEE Power Engineering Review.

[2]  Chao-Shun Chen,et al.  Switching operation decision making by using petri‐net approach for power distribution systems , 2002 .

[3]  Grzegorz Rozenberg,et al.  High-level Petri Nets: Theory And Application , 1991 .

[4]  S. J. Lee,et al.  Loss minimization of distribution feeders , 1989 .

[5]  D. Shirmohammadi.  Service restoration in distribution networks via network reconfiguration , 1991, Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference.

[6]  Wolfgang Reisig,et al.  Lectures on Petri Nets I: Basic Models , 1996, Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

[7]  Y. M. Lee,et al.  Transformer and feeder load balancing using a heuristic search approach , 1993 .

[8]  J. C. Hwang,et al.  Determination of customer load characteristics by load survey system at Taipower , 1996 .

[9]  Kevin Tomsovic,et al.  A heuristic search approach to feeder switching operations for overload, faults, unbalanced flow and maintenance , 1991 .

[10]  Jaw-Shyang Wu.  A Petri-net algorithm for multiple contingencies of distribution system operation , 1998 .

[11]  Chao-Shun Chen,et al.  Coloured Petri nets approach for solving distribution system contingency by considering customer load patterns , 2001 .

[12]  M. M. Adibi,et al.  Distribution Feeder Reconfiguration for Service Restoration and Load Balancing , 2000 .

[13]  Kenichi Aoki,et al.  An efficient algorithm for load balancing of transformers and feeders by switch operation in large scale distribution systems , 1988 .

[14]  C. S. Chen,et al.  Application of Petri-Net to Solve Distribution System Contingency by Considering Customer Load Patterns , 2002, IEEE Power Engineering Review.

[15]  M. M. Adibi.  A Petri Net Algorithm for Scheduling of Generic Restoration Actions , 2000 .

[16]  Maciej Koutny,et al.  Petri Net Algebra , 2001, Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science An EATCS Series.

[17]  Chen-Ching Liu,et al.  Loss Minimization of Distribution Feeders: Optimality and Algorithms , 1989, IEEE Power Engineering Review.

[18]  Hsiao-Dong Chiang,et al.  Optimal network reconfigurations in distribution systems. II. Solution algorithms and numerical results , 1990 .

[19]  James Lyle Peterson,et al.  Petri net theory and the modeling of systems , 1981 .

[20]  C. S. Chen,et al.  Application of load survey systems to proper tariff design , 1997 .

[21]  C. S. Chen,et al.  Temperature Adaptive Switching Operation for Distribution Systems , 2001, IEEE Power Engineering Review.

[22]  D. Shirmohammadi.  Service restoration in distribution networks via network reconfiguration , 1991 .

[23]  T. Taylor,et al.  Implementation of heuristic search strategies for distribution feeder reconfiguration , 1990 .

[24]  H. Chiang,et al.  Optimal network reconfigurations in distribution systems. I. A new formulation and a solution methodology , 1990 .