Solving Reconfiguration Problem Using Multi Objective Particle Swarm Optimization for Power Distribution System

Abstract

This paper introduces a new Multi Objective Particle swarm Optimization algorithm (MOPSO) for the purpose of solving the DSR problem& optimal placement of DGs .The objectives of the problem are to minimize real power losses and improve the voltage profile with minimum switching operations. the best solution is determined by simply considering the sum of the normalized objective values. Radial system topology is satisfied using graph theory by formulating the branch bus incidence matrix (BBIM) and checking the rank of each topology. To test the algorithm, it was applied to widely studied test systems and a real one. The results show the efficiency of this algorithm as compared to other methods in terms of achieving all the goals simultaneously with reasonable population and generation sizes and without using a mutation rate, which is usually problem dependent.