Sensitivity Analysis in Switches Automation Based on Active Reconfiguration to Improve System Reliability Considering Renewables and Storage

Distributed Smart Systems (DSS) should operate and restore discontinued service to consumers. In order to the system gain theses ability it is necessary to replace the manual switches for remotely controlled switches, improving the system restoration capability having in view the Smart Grids implementation. This paper aims to develop a new model, determining the minimal set of switches to replace in order to automate the system, along with a senility analysis on the position of the new switches, whether it should be placed in the same place as the manual switch or in a new location. The optimization of the system is made considering the renewable energy sources (RES) integration in the grid and energy storage systems (ESS), simultaneously, in order to improve the system reliability. The computational tool is tested using the IEEE 119 Bus test system, where different types of loads are considered, residential, commercial and industrial.