Feeder reconfiguration for loss reduction: An application of distribution automation

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 1922-1933

  Wagner, T P ^a   Chikhani, A Y ^a   Hackam, R ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution Automation; Feeder Reconfiguration; Heuristics; Linear Programming; Loss Minimization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS--LOAD FLOW ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--HEURISTIC;

FEEDER RECONFIGURATION; HEURISTIC SEARCH;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0026238302     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: 19374208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.97741     Document Type: Article

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