An Improved OPP Problem Formulation for Distribution Grid Observability

Md Shafiullah, M. A. Abido, Md Ismail Hossain and A. H. Mantawy
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Md Shafiullah: Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
M. A. Abido: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Md Ismail Hossain: Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
A. H. Mantawy: Power and Electrical Machines Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11517, Egypt

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Phasor measurement units (PMUs) are becoming popular and populating the power system grids rapidly due to their wide range of benefits and applications. This research paper proposes a comprehensive, effective, and revised formulation of the optimal PMU placement (OPP) problem with a view to minimizing the required number of PMU and ensuring the maximum number of measurement redundancy subjected to the full observability of the distribution grids. The proposed formulation also incorporates the presence of passive measurements/zero injection buses (ZIB) and the channel availability of the installed PMU. Additionally, the formulation is extended to various contingency cases i.e., the single line outage and single PMU loss cases. This paper solves the proposed OPP formulation employing a heuristic technique called backtracking search algorithm (BSA) and tests its effectiveness through different IEEE standard distribution feeders. Additionally, this study compares the obtained results with the mixed integer linear programming (MILP)-based approach and the referenced works. The obtained results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed formulation and solution methodology compared to other methodologies.

Keywords: backtracking search algorithm (BSA); channel limits; contingency; measurement redundancy; phasor measurement units (PMU); mixed integer linear programming (MILP); zero injection buses (ZIB) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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