UBICACIóN óPTIMA DE RECONECTADORES EN SISTEMAS DE DISTRIBUCIóN PARA MINIMIZAR LA FRECUENCIA MEDIA DE INTERRUPCIóN

this paper presents a framework for minimizing the average interruption frequency in radial distribution systems with uniformly distributed loads. here, the position of the reclosers has been modeled using a linear approximation. the objective of this paper is to minimize the average interruption frequency per installed power. according to the current electric regulation in chile, this index is the metric used to regulate and classify the performance of utilities. in the analysis a novel concept of distance factor between the main feeder and a branch feeder was introduced. this concept can be utilized as a theoretical limit for the number of switches to install on the main feeder. in addition, based upon the service history of the line, the distance factor determines if a certain line must be economically assessed like a new feeder so that the aforementioned performance index of average interruption frequency per installed power is minimized.