PLANNING THE EXPANSION OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS USING TABU SEARCH

Due to the increase in the consumption of electricity by the population and the growth of
In the country's economy, the planning of the expansion of distribution systems becomes more and more
important for the supply of energy to consumers. To treat
Of this problem, this work presents a mathematical model with the objective of minimizing < /> the sum of the investment costs for the construction of new circuits and the annual costs
related to power losses. A metaheuristic of Taboo Search is implemented in which the < /> Operation criteria of the new network configuration are verified by calculating the flow of < /> using the Backward and Forward Sweep technique. The computational results are
compared with other methods proposed in the literature and demonstrated the relevance of
metaheuristics proposed, since the solution found presents a reduction in relation to the
solutions presented in other studies and a deviation of 0.0198% from the optimal solution.