A Robust Optimization Approach for Resiliency improvement in Power
Distribution System
Abstract
Recently, power interruptions with high impact effects are increased by
occurring natural disasters. Furthermore, the uncertain nature of data
creates the considerable challenges for enhancing the resiliency of
power distribution systems after occurring events. Regarding this, this
paper presents a robust optimization approach for resiliency improvement
in power distribution system. The robust approach uses the crew teams
for switching action as restoration process, demand response programs
and Mobile Generators (MGs) simultaneously for improving the resiliency
with considering the uncertainty of electrical load and electrical
price. The objective function is tri-level consists of minimum, maximum
and minimum function. The first level is minimum function that is for
minimizing cost of commitment of CHPs with considering location of MGs
and reconfiguration structure in power distribution systems. The second
level is maximum function that is for finding the worst-case scenario of
the uncertainty variables. The third level is minimizing total operation
cost in the condition with worst scenario of stochastic data by using
demand response programs. The aforementioned algorithm is implemented on
an IEEE 33-bus test distribution system with four different cases.
Furthermore, several cases and sensitivity analysis are accomplished in
order to show the efficiency of the proposed model.