TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of Power Losses in Electric Distribution System Using a MATLAB-Based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
AU - Rojas, Luis Alejandro
AU - Montoya, Oscar Danilo
AU - Campillo, Javier
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Distributed generators
KW - Distribution systems
KW - Graphical interface
KW - Radial power flow
KW - Successive approximations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075663771&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-31019-6_47
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-31019-6_47
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85075663771
SN - 9783030310189
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 565
EP - 576
BT - Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering - 6th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2019, Proceedings
A2 - Figueroa-García, Juan Carlos
A2 - Duarte-González, Mario
A2 - Jaramillo-Isaza, Sebastián
A2 - Orjuela-Cañon, Alvaro David
A2 - Díaz-Gutierrez, Yesid
PB - Springer
T2 - 6th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2019
Y2 - 16 October 2019 through 18 October 2019
ER -