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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Smart Grids
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1452011

Medium-Voltage Feeder Blocks Division Method Considering Source-Load Uncertainty and Characteristics Complementary Clustering

Provisionally accepted
Jieyun Zheng Jieyun Zheng *Zhanghuang Zhang Zhanghuang Zhang Ying Shi Ying Shi Zhuolin Chen Zhuolin Chen
  • Economic and Technological Research Institute, Fujian Electric Power Co., LTD., State Grid, Fuzhou, China

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    Existing feeder block division methods fail to consider the complementary characteristics and uncertainty between power sources and loads, which result in excessive feeder blocks, low inter-block balance, and significant disparity in net load peak-valley difference. To address these issues, a mediumvoltage feeder block division method that considers the uncertainty and complementary characteristics of sources and loads is proposed. Firstly, based on the probability density characteristics of sources and loads, an uncertainty model of DG output and load demand is established. Secondly, considering the constraints of block maximum load rate and feeder non-crossing, a feeder block division model is established. Additionally, a set of center circles is defined, and based on this, an improved K-means clustering algorithm is proposed. The initial clustering centers based on the center circles is set, and the clustering centers based on the arcs of the center circles corrected. And the weighted distances between power sources and clustering centers are calculated. An algorithm flow for improved K-means clustering feeder block division is designed accordingly. Finally, the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed method are validated through case studies.

    Keywords: Feeder Block Division1, Source-Load Complementarity2, Uncertainty3, Improved K-means Clustering4, Medium-Voltage distribution network5

    Received: 20 Jun 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zheng, Zhang, Shi and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jieyun Zheng, Economic and Technological Research Institute, Fujian Electric Power Co., LTD., State Grid, Fuzhou, China

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