Non-technical power loss reduction and transients stability: Optimal placement of reclosers

Abstract

Rarely do power distribution system, nowadays operates without a novel protection device to manage transients caused by electricity theft. Reliability requirements had been previously the subject, considered by researchers using reclosers to manage transients. However, Non-technical power loss and its cost reduction has not been sufficiently addressed to enhance high quality power supply. Consequently, consumers have always paid more on system losses. To safeguard on this menace, optimal reclosing, ENS.COST, firefly algorithm based has been discussed in this work. The results and analysis of proposed method had a forty three percent (43%) cost reduction on energy not served (ENS) during transient. Radial distribution system employed to analyze this can be replaced by a closed network for further work together with another novel optimization method other than Firefly algorithm for validation.