Abstract

BREA, Ebert. Optimization of load balance in electrical distribution systems. Rev. Fac. Ing. UCV [online]. 2009, vol.24, n.3, pp.59-73. ISSN 0798-4065.

The unbalancing of electrical loads in feeder systems is one of many possible problems that can negatively affect the reliability and quality of an electrical distribution system. This article shows a convex mathematical model, which allow us to measure the balancing of phases. A mathematical study of the objective function is presented here, in order to show that when a local minimum is identified by some algorithmic method, the solution is also global. This main characteristic of the mathematical model really makes it a useful tool to be applied to these type of problems, because of its simplicity

Keywords : Optimization; Phase balancing; Integer optimization; Quadratic programming; Combinatorial programming; Nested Partitions Method; Monte Carlo Method.