A hybrid approach for rural feeder design

In this paper,a population based approach for conductor size selection in rural radial distribution system is presented. the proposed hybrid approach implies a particle swarm optimization (pso) approach in combination with mutant property of differential evolution (de) for conductor size selection in radial distribution system. the conductor size for each feeder segment is selected such that the total cost of capital investment and capitalized cost of energy losses is minimized while constraints of voltage at each node and current carrying capacity of conductor is within the limits. the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated with the help of 32-node test system. © school of engineering,taylor's university.