COMPENSATING VOLTAGE DROP USING NETWORK RECONFIGURATION IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Voltage drop is the most commonly occurred problem in the distribution system due to the constantly increasing demand on the load side of the power system. The voltage dip causes serious damages to the quality of the power in the system. This paper deals with the compensation of voltage dip that occurred in the distribution side of the power system by reconfiguration of load bus in the distribution system. Current transformer senses and pass the signal to the breaker to change the switch for compensation of load demands by continuously cross-checking its rated voltage in the bus of the distribution system. Hence, the voltage drop gets compensated by the continuous reconfiguration of the load bus to match the demand in the load side of the distribution system, hence the power quality is improved in the system. PSCAD tool is used for the simulation purpose. IEEE 9 bus radial distribution system is used as a test bus for this entire simulation carried works.