Reconfiguration and displacement of DG and EVs in distribution networks using a hybrid GA–SFLA multi-objective optimization algorithm

Abstract

A combined algorithm for reconfiguring and placement of energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and distributed generation (DG) in a distribution network is presented in this paper. The impact of this technique on increasing the network’s resilience during critical periods is investigated, as well as improvements in the network’s technical and economic characteristics. The three objective functions in this regard are the network losses, voltage profile, and running costs, which include the costs of purchasing electrical energy from the upstream network and the devices used, as well as the cost of load shedding. In addition, the impacts of the presence of DG on power flow and the modeling of the problem’s objective function are examined. To solve the problem of reconfiguration and placement of a multi-objective distribution feeder, a genetic algorithm (GA) and shuffled frog leaping algorithm (SFLA) hybrid algorithm is used. The proposed GA–SFLA algorithm is used to solve the problem with changes in its structure and its combination in three stages. Finally, the proposed method is implemented on the 33-bus distribution network. The simulation results show that the proposed method has an effective performance in improving the considered objective functions and by establishing a suitable fit between the different objective functions based on the three-dimensional Pareto front. Moreover, it introduced a more optimized architecture with lower loss, lower operating costs, and greater reliability compared to other optimization algorithms.