Analysis of Power Losses in Electric Distribution System Using a MATLAB-Based Graphical User Interface (GUI)

This paper describes a graphical user interface (GUI) developed in MATLAB that provides a user-friendly environment for analyzing the power loss behavior in distribution networks with radial configurations. This GUI allows power systems analysts an easier understanding of the effect of the power dis...

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Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional UTB
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/9173
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/9173
Palabra clave:
Distributed generators
Distribution systems
Graphical interface
Radial power flow
Successive approximations
Approximation theory
Distributed power generation
Electric load flow
Electric losses
Distributed generators
Distribution systems
Graphical interface
Power flows
Successive approximations
Graphical user interfaces
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restrictedAccess
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This paper describes a graphical user interface (GUI) developed in MATLAB that provides a user-friendly environment for analyzing the power loss behavior in distribution networks with radial configurations. This GUI allows power systems analysts an easier understanding of the effect of the power dissipation in conductors. The implementation of this GUI implements three radial test feeders using 10, 33 and 69 nodes. As power flow methodology, the successive approximation power flow method was employed. The proposed GUI interface allows identifying the power loss performance in the distribution networks by including a distributed generator (DG) into the grid, operating with unity power factor. This DG is connected to each node to determine which connection provides with the optimal power loss minimization. Numerical results supported by the graphical analysis validate the applicability and importance of user-friendly GUI interfaces for analyzing power systems. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.