Reactive tabu search for distribution load transfer operation

This paper presents a reactive tabu search for distribution load transfer operation. The load transfer operation at steady-state operation and planning aims at reconfiguring the target network for various purposes including loss minimization. On the contrary, the operation at restoration is called service restoration and aims at minimizing out-of-service area as quickly as possible. Both operations can be formulated as combinatorial optimization problems to divide the target network into several sub-networks, where each one has only one power source. The effectiveness of the proposed reactive tabu search is compared with other modern heuristic approaches (MHAs) on typical distribution systems with promising results.