Electric Power ›› 2014, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2): 42-47.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2014.2.42.5

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Optimal Island Search of Distribution Network with DGs Based on Recursive Sub-Problem Tree Algorithm

NI Cheng-jie1, FANG Xin-yan1, HU Zi-heng2, HUANG Mei2   

  1. 1. School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
    2. Shenzhen Power Supply Company, Shenzhen 518001, China
  • Received:2013-12-13 Online:2014-02-28 Published:2015-12-18

Abstract: Islanding, by which single or several distributed generators(DG) can be incorporated in an island, is an important measure to keep power continuity and improve reliability of the power system when blackout occurs in vast areas. It is proposed in this paper to transform the island search problem into several precedence-constrained knapsack problems(PCKPs). A discrete load-shedding scheme is introduced directly into grid model. To solve PCKPs, a recursive algorithm based on sub-problem tree is applied to acquire initial island plan and the optimal island search scheme is presented after merger and verification. During the verification, the power flow, voltage and voltage stability restriction are considered. The algorithm combines the connectivity and optimality, and its complexity is only in linear correlation with the node number. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy is verified by the simulation results of several actual distribution grids.

Key words: distribution network, optimal island search, distributed generation, precedence-constrained knapsack problem(PCKP), sub-problem tree, recursion

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