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Planning Metering for Power Distribution Systems Monitoring with Topological Reconfiguration

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This paper presents a methodology for the optimal meter placement in real-time power distribution systems monitoring with state estimation (SE), taking into account aspects such as observability; absence of critical data; possible changes in the network configuration. It is shown that this problem is considered as a tree vertex cover problem and can be solved in O(n) polynomial time. To accomplish this task, a simple, practical value and constructive Heuristic for RTUs and Measurements Planning (HRMP) algorithm that consider inherent characteristics of the meter placement problem is proposed. Simulation results show a reduction of up to 5 units of remote transmission in the 37-B system with topology reconfiguration, when compared with the solution obtained by metaheuristic Genetic algorithm, resulting in a reduction cost (up to 20.4 %) of the measurement system. As a problem solved in O(n) polynomial time, we achieve a reduction of up to 207,900 % in computational time, when compared with the resolution via metaheuristic with \(O(n^{3})\).

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    Marco António do R. S. Cruz

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    Hélder R. de O. Rocha

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Cruz, M.A.d.R.S., Rocha, H.R.d.O. Planning Metering for Power Distribution Systems Monitoring with Topological Reconfiguration. J Control Autom Electr Syst 28, 135–146 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40313-016-0279-6

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