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Evolution of Smart Distribution Systems

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Electric Power Engineering Research and Education

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Distribution systems have evolved from manually operated radial systems to systems with increasing customer owned generation and many devices with embedded intelligence. Similarly, the amount of data that is available in real time from the system as well as smart meters at customer-end has seen exponential growth. The data can be used with advanced algorithms for real-time control of distribution systems to enhance reliability, efficiency, and quality. This chapter presents a historical overview of the progress of automation in distribution systems. Various contemporary issues that are relevant for modern distribution systems are discussed. Distribution Automation (DA) is defined and a detailed discussion of related functions is presented. This is followed by cost/benefit analysis of distribution automation functions with mapping of the functions to various expected benefits. Examples of expressions needed to compute benefits are provided. Finally, the chapter concludes with a view towards the future distribution systems and possible approaches for operating and controlling them.

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Acknowledgment

The author would like to thank many colleagues and graduate students with whom he has worked for over 30 years. Collaboration with them has resulted in some of the material presented in this chapter. Specifically, the author would like to thank Ashish Ahuja and Dr. Sanjoy Das for material related to multi-objective reconfiguration, and Dr. J. Kenneth Shultis for formulation of equations for cost–benefit of distribution automation functions.

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    Anil Pahwa

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    Siddharth Suryanarayanan

  3. Electrical Computer & Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

    Vijay Vittal

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Pahwa, A. (2015). Evolution of Smart Distribution Systems. In: Kyriakides, E., Suryanarayanan, S., Vittal, V. (eds) Electric Power Engineering Research and Education. Power Electronics and Power Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17190-6_7

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