Optimal Scheduling of Distribution Network Incorporating Topology Reconfiguration,Battery Energy System and Load Response

Distributed generation(DG)is becoming increasingly important due to the serious environmental pollution caused by conventional fossil-energy-based generation and the depletion of non-renewable energy.As the flexible resources in the active distribution network(ADN),battery energy system(BES)and responsive load(RL)are all able to assist renewable DG integration in day-ahead dispatch.In addition,the security and economic level can be significantly improved by adjusting network topology.Therefore,in this paper,a coordinated day-ahead scheduling method incorporating topology reconfiguration,BES optimization and load response is presented to minimize the total day-ahead operational costs in the ADN.Linearized current injection models are presented for renewable DG,RL and BES based on the linear power flow model,and an extensible linear switching operations calculation(ELSOC)method is proposed to address the network reconfiguration.Thus,a mixed integer linear programming(MILP)model is proposed for optimal coordinated operation of an ADN.The correctness and effectiveness of the proposed method are demonstrated by simulations on a modified test system.In addition,the combined scenario and Monte-Carlo method is used to handle the uncertainties of loads and DGs,and the results of different uncertainties can further verify the feasibility of the proposed model.

Flexible path planning-based reconfiguration strategy for maximum capacity utilization of battery pack

Maximizing the utilization of lithium-ion battery capacity is an important means to alleviate the range anxiety of electric vehicles.Battery pack inconsistency is the main limiting factor for improving battery pack capacity utilization,and poses major safety hazards to energy storage systems.To solve this problem,a maximum capacity utilization scheme based on a path planning algorithm is proposed.Specifically,the reconfigurable topology proposed is highly flexible and fault-tolerant,enabling battery pack consistency through alternating cell discharge and reducing the increased risk of short circuits due to relay error.The Dijkstra algorithm is used to find the optimal energy path,which can effectively remove faulty cells and find the current path with the best consistency of the battery pack and the lowest relay loss.Finally,the effectiveness of the scheme is verified by hardware-in-the-loop experiments,and the experimental results show that the state-of-charge SOC consistency of the battery pack at the end of discharge is increased by 34.18%,the relay energy loss is reduced by 0.16%,and the fault unit is effectively isolated.

Detection of Link Fault Using Risk Modelling and Improving QOS Parameters in IP/WDM Networks

An operational backbone network is connected with many routers and other devices. Identifying faults in the network is very difficult, so a fault localization mechanism is necessary to identify fault and alleviate it and correct the faults in order to reduce the network performance degradation. A risk model needs to be devised based on the dynamic database by creating alternate path and the network is reconfigured by identifying dynamic paths. In this paper, an on-demand link state routing approach is used for handling failures in IP backbone networks and a localization algorithm is used to improve QOS parameters based on threshold value of gateway. It is proved that on-demand link state routing guarantees loop-free forwarding to reachable destinations regardless of the number of failures in the network, and in case of localization algorithm using modification process packet loss is avoided based on threshold value of gateway. Heuristic algorithm is also used for reconfiguration of dynamic path for effective fault localization. In this paper, in order to change the traffic condition, reconfiguration strategic is dynamically used. Dijikstra’s shortest path algorithm has been used to determine the shortest path between node pairs. Using risk modeling mechanism, a small set of candidate faults is identified. The concept of Fault Localization is used to minimize the fault occurring in the node and sends original path to node pairs. The localization algorithm based on MODIFICATION PROCESS, packet loss is avoided in the network by checking threshold value of gateway. If the threshold value is maximum, router directly forwards the packet to destination through gateway and if the threshold value is minimum, router compresses the packet and forwards the packet to destination with notification via gateway.

Dynamic survivable mapping through reconfiguration in IP over WDM network

A new approach for network survivability problem in Intemet protocol （IP） over wavelength division multiplexing （WDM） optical network is proposed to enhance the IP layer restorability under physical link failure through logical topology reconfiguration. More specifically, after traffic arrival and departure, reconfiguring the logical topology correspondingly is helpful to minimize the traffic disruption after physical link failure. So, in this paper, this problem is proposed for first time and formulated as an integer linear programming （ILP） problem. And then, two heuristic algorithms are proposed. The performance of proposed algorithms have been evaluated through simulations, and the results show that reconfiguring the logical topology dynamically could achieve more than 20% improvement of the restorability of traffic in IP layer, but with acceptable resource cost.

DimRouter： A Multi-Mode Router Architecture for Higher Energy-Proportionality of On-Chip Networks

In the dark silicon era, many independent components of many-core processors are becoming voluntarily inactive due to the constraint of power consumption on a chip. However, to keep network connectivity, the on-chip interconnection must still be kept activated and wastes considerable energy to avoid the isolation of these inactive components, harming the energy-proportionality of the whole processor chip. In this paper, we propose a novel design to provide more energy- proportional on-chip connection without damaging the network connectivity. To achieve this goal, we redesign the router architecture. The new architecture, DimRouter, supports three modes： normal, dark and dim. In the dim mode, only part of the router is active and provides flexible connection while the dark mode puts all router elements in the asleep state. Moreover, to maximize the number of dark routers, we also propose a reconfiguration algorithm based on degree-constrained Steiner Tree. The evaluation result under synthetic traffic shows that the new design can reduce the energy consumption up to 85% compared with the common design. For real application traffic, the new design can also save average 46% energy consumption with 4% performance improvement.