UTION NETWORK RECONFIGURATION FOR ENERGY LOSS REDUCTION

A new method for energy loss reduction for distribution networks is presented. It is based on known techniques and algo- rithms for radial network analysis -- oriented element ordering, power summation method for power flow, statistical representation of load variations, and a recently developed energy summation method for computation of energy losses. These methods, com- bined with the heuristic rules developed to lead the iterative proc- ess, make the energy loss minimization method effective, robust and fast. It presents an altemative to the power minimization methods for operation and planning purposes. INTRQDUCTION