Optimal Location of Surge Arresters in Distribution Network Considering Reliability and Technical and Economic Factors to Reduce Costs using ICA Algorithm

International Journal of Smart Electrical Engineering

دوره 10، شماره 01، خرداد 2021، صفحه 7-16   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/ijsee.2021.681962

نویسندگان

Mehrdad Ahmadi Kamarposhti^{* 1}؛ AbasAli Hejri²

¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Jouybar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jouybar, Iran

²Mazandaran Electric Power Distribution Company, Sari, Iran

چکیده

Due to increased energy consumption in cities and industrial areas, many technical and economic issues arise for designers and beneficiaries of the system. Currently, unfortunately, in choosing the right place for installing arrester, the traditional methods are used and without considering the economic issues and the reliability of the arresters, they are used and this equipment is installed and putted into operation on this basis. In this paper, an intelligent optimization method called the Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) is proposed to select the appropriate protection plan. Considering the combined economic and technical factors, the location of the lightening arrester is determined in a distribution network with the aim of reducing risk Insulation. The proposed method has been implemented on one of the long feeders of Mazandaran Electricity Distribution Network, which results in identifying the efficiency of the proposed algorithm in comparison with traditional methods in the optimal location of the arrester.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Distribution networks؛ optimal location؛ surge arrester؛ insulation risk؛ lightning waves؛ Discrete imperialist competitive algorithm (DICA)