PSRS: 

AN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE TOOL FOR RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

by Stefania CONTI and Santi A. RIZZO (University of Catania, ITALY)

 

Technical Papers:

 [1]     S. Conti, S. A. Rizzo,

"An open source tool for reliability evaluation of distribution systems with renewable generators"

Energy Systems (Springer Berlin Heidelberg), Volume 10, Issue 2, May 2019, pp.385-414

(DOI: 10.1007/s12667-017-0264-6).

[2]      S. Conti, S. A. Rizzo,

"An algorithm for reliability assessment of distribution systems in presence of distributed generators",

International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (IJEEI), vol. 7, No. 3, September 2015, pp. 502-516.

(DOI: 10.15676/IJEEI.2015.7.3.12).

    -------   Definition of the “cases” and related analytical formulation   -------

[3]      S. Conti, R. Nicolosi, S. A. Rizzo,

"Generalized Systematic Approach to Assess Distribution System Reliability with Renewable Distributed Generators and Micro-Grids",

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2012, pp. 261-270.

(DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2011.2172641)

    -------   Random and Sequential Monte Carlo Simulation   -------

[4]      S. Conti, S. A. Rizzo,

"Monte Carlo Simulation by using a Systematic Approach to Assess Distribution System Reliability considering Intentional Islanding",

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 30, No. 1, February 2015, pp. 64-73.

 

Other useful papers

-------   Reliability analysis accounting for remote-controlled and manual sectionalizers ...   -------

[5]      S. Conti, S. A. Rizzo, M. Essam, Y. Atwa, E. El-Saadany,

"Reliability Assessment of Distribution Systems considering Telecontrolled Switches and Microgrids",

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.29, No.2, March 2014, pp.598-607.

-------   ... and for attack possibility to the cyber physical system  -------

[6]      S. Conti, A. La Corte, R. Nicolosi, S. A. Rizzo,

"Impact of Cyber-Physical System vulnerability, telecontrol system availability and islanding on distribution network reliability",

Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Vol. 6, pp. 143-151, June 2016.

-------   Methods to evaluate the Probability of Adequacy (PoA) for islands’ generators  -------

[7]      S. Conti, G. Faraci, A. La Corte, R. Nicolosi, S. A. Rizzo, G. Schembra,

"Effect of Islanding and Telecontrolled switches on Distribution System Reliability Considering Load and Green-Energy Fluctuations",

Applied Science, Vol. 6, No. 5-138, May 2016.

[8]      S. Conti, S. A. Rizzo,

"Probability of Adequacy Evaluation Considering Power Output Correlation of Renewable Generators in Smart Grids",

International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol.61, October 2014, pp.145-151.

[9]      S. Conti, S. A. Rizzo,

"Modelling of Micro-Grid Renewable Generators accounting for Power Output Correlation",

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 28, No. 4, October 2013, pp. 2124-2133.

 

Downloads:

C++ source code of PSRS

Case Study

 

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