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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
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38 Pages

A Data–Physics-Driven Modeling Approach of Key Equipment for Large-Scale Distribution Network Simulation

  • Rui Qiu,
  • Hao Bai,
  • Ruotian Yao,
  • Chengxi Liu,
  • Min Xu,
  • Qi Chen and
  • Weichen Yang

Fueled by pressing global climate concerns, the integration of large-scale renewable distributed generation sources, including distributed wind power and photovoltaics, along with electricity substitution loads into the distribution network has been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,061 Views
13 Pages

1 January 2020

As one of the most important components of power grid, a distribution network is the most vulnerable part in the face of various uncertainties, and influences the stability and economy of a power system. In this paper, the operational information, ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
577 Views
18 Pages

30 June 2025

As the scale of distribution networks expand, existing defect identification methods face numerous challenges, including limitations in single-modal feature identification, insufficient cross-modal information fusion, and the lack of a multi-stage fe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,152 Views
26 Pages

8 July 2023

The active distribution network has been fully developed because it can achieve efficient energy utilization through the effective control of distributed generation, electrical energy storage, and active loads. However, the research on the reliabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
187 Views
14 Pages

On-Site Lightning Impulse Test and Process Optimization Research on Distribution Network Equipment

  • Cheng Zhong,
  • Feng Chen,
  • Haifeng Chen,
  • Yu Tian,
  • Wenyan Zhao,
  • Dianxiong Tian,
  • Jin Li and
  • Yujian Ding

9 December 2025

Lightning impulse tests are conducted on distribution equipment to assess whether the insulation level meets factory standards and to identify potential insulation defects. Such tests enhance the safety and stability of distribution network operation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
426 Views
15 Pages

11 September 2025

In order to realize the overall economic operation of the power equipment network, this manuscript proposes a hybrid algorithm based on Genetic Algorithm and Satin Bowerbird Optimizer, which is used for coordinated operation between the grids of powe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
681 Views
18 Pages

11 September 2025

With increasing integration of renewable energy, traditional distribution networks face challenges such as low flexibility, poor response speed, and operational inefficiency. To address these issues, this paper proposes a two-layer optimization frame...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,759 Views
17 Pages

26 August 2020

This paper proposes a novel faulted section location method for power distribution networks based on the status information collected by fault-indicating equipments. It has an advantage that it does not need to analyze and calculate any electrical pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,417 Views
27 Pages

12 April 2020

High-permeability distributed wind power and photovoltaic systems are connected to the distribution network, which exacerbates the volatility and uncertainty of the distribution network. Furthermore, with the increasing demand of heating in winter an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
446 Views
65 Pages

Optimization of Low-Carbon Operation and Capacity Expansion of Integrated Energy Systems in Synergy with Incremental Distribution Network for Industrial Parks

  • Guangchen Long,
  • Xiaoyi Zhong,
  • Xianjie Liu,
  • Hanlin Zhang,
  • Fuzheng Zhang,
  • Ning Xiao,
  • Yi He,
  • Yifei Sun,
  • Chenxing Jiang and
  • Shan Xie
  • + 3 authors

30 September 2025

Against the backdrop of an intensifying global climate change and energy crisis, energy system decarbonization constitutes a primary sector for carbon mitigation. Integrated Energy Systems (IES) of district heating systems (DHS), a critical component...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,964 Views
18 Pages

3 November 2019

The load characteristic of typical household electrical equipment is elaborately analyzed. Considering the electric vehicles’ (EVs’) charging behavior and air conditioning’s thermodynamic property, an electricity price-based demand...

  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
6,232 Views
17 Pages

Machine Learning-Based Fault Location for Smart Distribution Networks Equipped with Micro-PMU

  • Hamid Mirshekali,
  • Rahman Dashti,
  • Ahmad Keshavarz and
  • Hamid Reza Shaker

26 January 2022

Faults in distribution networks occur unpredictably, causing a threat to public safety and resulting in power outages. Automated, efficient, and precise detection of faulty sections could be a major element in immediately restoring networks and avoid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,921 Views
15 Pages

7 May 2020

Power distribution networks are vulnerable to different faults, which compromise the grid performance and need to be managed effectively. Automatic and accurate fault detection and location are key components of effective fault management. This paper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,216 Views
15 Pages

Modelling Reliability Characteristics of Technical Equipment of Local Area Computer Networks

  • Vasyl Teslyuk,
  • Andriy Sydor,
  • Vincent Karovič,
  • Olena Pavliuk and
  • Iryna Kazymyra

Technical systems in the modern global world are rapidly evolving and improving. In most cases, these are large-scale multi-level systems and one of the problems that arises in the design process of such systems is to determine their reliability. Acc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,266 Views
15 Pages

28 December 2022

A combined PSO-ANN control is proposed in this work to achieve the best voltage regulation in a distribution network, based on quick response and minimum average voltage deviation. The Jordanian Sabha Distribution Network (JSDN) with PV Farms is used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
422 Views
18 Pages

Economic-Optimal Operation Strategy for Active Distribution Networks with Coordinated Scheduling of Electric Vehicle Clusters

  • Guodong Wang,
  • Huayong Lu,
  • Xiao Yang,
  • Haiyang Li,
  • Xiao Song,
  • Jiapeng Rong and
  • Yi Wang

With the continuous increase in the proportion of distributed energy output in the distribution network and the limited equipment on the management side of the active distribution network, it is very important to give full play to the regulating role...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,921 Views
22 Pages

27 July 2024

Pressure management is a fundamental and highly effective method for the management of real losses in water distribution networks and therefore reducing non-revenue water. In this work, a methodology is developed to assess leakages in the water distr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
335 Views
15 Pages

Study on Failure of 10 kV Primary Devices and Their Impact on Distribution Network Induced by HEMP

  • Haiyan Xie,
  • Yong Li,
  • Dingmao Zhang,
  • Gengfeng Li,
  • Hailiang Qiao,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Chao Yang,
  • Shaohua Huang and
  • Taijiao Du

19 November 2025

Defending power systems against a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) requires accurately assessing its impact on critical equipment. This paper presents a method integrating theoretical analysis, deep neural networks (DNNs), critical threshol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,328 Views
18 Pages

20 April 2021

Based on the data in real combat games, the combat System-of-Systems is usually composed of a large number of armed equipment platforms (or systems) and a reasonable communication network to connect mutually independent weapons and equipment platform...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
21,860 Views
14 Pages

6 August 2018

This paper examines the data collected from the power industry over the last six years of actual reported emissions of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and the potential impact. The SF6 emissions have been collated from the 14 different regions in England,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
740 Views
12 Pages

2 May 2025

With the increasing emphasis on managing line losses, accurately locating and analyzing abnormal line losses in distribution networks has become a critical challenge in implementing effective loss reduction strategies. Aiming at locating and analyzin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,713 Views
33 Pages

Power Distribution Network Reconfiguration Techniques: A Thorough Review

  • Hossein Lotfi,
  • Mohammad Ebrahim Hajiabadi and
  • Hossein Parsadust

25 November 2024

Distribution network reconfiguration (DNR) plays a vital role in enhancing network sustainability by optimizing its topology. This process achieves key objectives such as reducing power losses, improving voltage profiles, balancing loads, and increas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,231 Views
17 Pages

Road Scene Recognition of Forklift AGV Equipment Based on Deep Learning

  • Gang Liu,
  • Rongxu Zhang,
  • Yanyan Wang and
  • Rongjun Man

31 October 2021

The application of scene recognition in intelligent robots to forklift AGV equipment is of great significance in order to improve the automation and intelligence level of distribution centers. At present, using the camera to collect image information...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,659 Views
13 Pages

10 November 2023

Traditional power systems only contain a single energy type, namely, electrical energy, and involve no interaction with other networks with different energy types, such as gas networks and heat networks. With the rapid development of the Energy Inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,378 Views
20 Pages

A Novel Approach for Evaluating Power Quality in Distributed Power Distribution Networks Using AHP and S-Transform

  • Yin Chen,
  • Zhenli Tang,
  • Xiaofeng Weng,
  • Min He,
  • Guanghong Zhang,
  • Ding Yuan and
  • Tao Jin

14 January 2024

As the penetration rate of new energy generation in distributed distribution networks continues to increase, the integration of numerous new energy power plants and associated power electronic devices presents challenges to the power quality of tradi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,364 Views
24 Pages

From the Balancing Reactive Compensator to the Balancing Capacitive Compensator

  • Adrian Pană,
  • Alexandru Băloi and
  • Florin Molnar-Matei

30 July 2018

Nowadays, improving the power quality at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) between the consumers’ installations and the distribution system operators’ installations depends more and more on the use of specialized equipment, able to inter...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
93 Citations
14,067 Views
20 Pages

DC Microgrids: Benefits, Architectures, Perspectives and Challenges

  • Vitor Fernão Pires,
  • Armando Pires and
  • Armando Cordeiro

22 January 2023

One of the major paradigm shifts that will be predictably observed in the energy mix is related to distribution networks. Until now, this type of electrical grid was characterized by an AC transmission. However, a new concept is emerging, as the elec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,228 Views
17 Pages

21 April 2025

To fully utilize the reactive power resources of distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems, this study proposes a coordinated var-voltage control strategy for the main distribution network, incorporating the reactive power regulation capability of distri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
952 Views
21 Pages

23 May 2025

This paper proposes a flexible distribution network operation optimization strategy considering mobile energy storage system (MESS) integration. With the increasing penetration of renewable energy in power systems, its stochastic and intermittent cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,704 Views
24 Pages

Infrastructure for Integration of Legacy Electrical Equipment into a Smart-Grid Using Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Paulo Régis C. De Araújo,
  • Raimir Holanda Filho,
  • Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues,
  • João P. C. M. Oliveira and
  • Stephanie A. Braga

24 April 2018

At present, the standardisation of electrical equipment communications is on the rise. In particular, manufacturers are releasing equipment for the smart grid endowed with communication protocols such as DNP3, IEC 61850, and MODBUS. However, there ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,584 Views
27 Pages

30 May 2025

Conventional approaches for designing distribution grids are often time-consuming and computationally expensive. To minimize power harmonics in a low-voltage network, there is a dire need of in-depth mathematical and technical calculations for each e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,950 Views
20 Pages

8 June 2018

Since the introduction of the LTE (Long Term Evolution) service, we have lived in a time of expanding amounts of data. The amount of data produced has increased every year with the increase of smart phone distribution in particular. Telecommunication...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Design of Fault Protection Stra for Unified Power Flow Controller in Distribution Networks

  • Xiaochun Mou,
  • Ruijun Zhu,
  • Xuejun Zhang,
  • Wu Chen,
  • Jilong Song,
  • Xinran Huo and
  • Kai Wang

23 December 2025

The capacity of traditional distribution networks is limited. After large-scale distributed power sources are connected, it is difficult to consume them at the same voltage level, which can lead to transformer reverse overloading and voltage limit vi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
716 Views
16 Pages

Reliability Evaluation of New-Generation Substation Relay Protection Equipment Based on ASFSSA-LSTM-GAN

  • Baojiang Tian,
  • Kai Chen,
  • Xingwei Du,
  • Wenyan Duan,
  • Yibo Wang,
  • Jiajia Hu and
  • Hongbo Zou

19 July 2025

In order to improve the reliability evaluation accuracy of a new generation of substation relay protection equipment under small-sample failure rate data, a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) model based on the Adaptive Spiral Flying Sparrow Search...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,685 Views
13 Pages

Feeder Topology Configuration and Application Based on IEC 61850

  • Haotian Ge,
  • Bingyin Xu,
  • Xinhui Zhang,
  • Yongjian Bi and
  • Zida Zhao

13 July 2021

Distribution automation (DA) and Internet of Things (IoT) all need the topology information of power distribution network to support some applications, such as fault diagnosis, network reconfiguration and optimization. IEC 61850 is a general communic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,274 Views
19 Pages

Research on Parameter Correction of Distribution Network Model Based on CIM Model and Measurement Data

  • Ke Zhou,
  • Lifang Wu,
  • Biyun Zhang,
  • Ruotian Yao,
  • Hao Bai,
  • Weichen Yang and
  • Min Xu

23 July 2024

The construction of an energy distribution network can improve the system’s ability to absorb new energy, and its stable and efficient operation has become more and more important. The security and stability analysis of a distribution network n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,568 Views
19 Pages

Low-Carbon Dispatch Method for Active Distribution Network Based on Carbon Emission Flow Theory

  • Jiang Bian,
  • Yang Wang,
  • Zhaoshuai Dang,
  • Tianchun Xiang,
  • Zhiyong Gan and
  • Ting Yang

9 November 2024

In the context of integrating renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy sources into distribution networks, this paper proposes a proactive low-carbon dispatch model for active distribution networks based on carbon flow calculation theor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,649 Views
14 Pages

A RUL Prediction Method of Small Sample Equipment Based on DCNN-BiLSTM and Domain Adaptation

  • Wenbai Chen,
  • Weizhao Chen,
  • Huixiang Liu,
  • Yiqun Wang,
  • Chunli Bi and
  • Yu Gu

23 March 2022

To solve the problem of low accuracy of remaining useful life (RUL) prediction caused by insufficient sample data of equipment under complex operating conditions, an RUL prediction method of small sample equipment based on a deep convolutional neural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,246 Views
17 Pages

4 May 2023

Due to the complexity of electromechanical equipment and the difficulties in obtaining large-scale health monitoring datasets, as well as the long-tailed distribution of data, existing methods ignore certain characteristics of health monitoring data....

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,260 Views
18 Pages

15 March 2022

The distribution network is experiencing a massive deployment of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) such as energy meters, protective devices, and phasor measurement units (PMUs). This phenomenon resulted, on the one hand, in (i) the availability...

  • Article
  • Open Access
618 Views
22 Pages

29 September 2025

Against the backdrop of global climate change, extreme weather events are increasingly challenging the safe and stable operation of power distribution networks. These events can cause sudden load fluctuations, equipment failures, and disruptions in p...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
16,070 Views
18 Pages

A Review on Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

  • Joumana Kassam,
  • Daniel Castanheira,
  • Adão Silva,
  • Rui Dinis and
  • Atílio Gameiro

17 February 2023

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) can be considered as a potential physical layer technology for future wireless networks since it can benefit from all the advantages of distributed antenna systems (DASs) and network MIMOs,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,164 Views
15 Pages

4 February 2018

With the recent developments in power electronics technologies, increased deployment of distributed energy resources (DER) with DC output type at distribution voltage levels and significant increase in the number of sensitive AC and DC loads integrat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,364 Views
23 Pages

5 January 2024

With the penetration of distributed resources into power distribution networks, power distribution networks are transforming into active distribution networks with a high proportion of distributed generations and power electronic equipment. Efficient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,055 Views
15 Pages

5 December 2019

DC distribution networks are operationally economical from the perspective of renewable energy penetration due to the reduction of power loss from the simplified power conversion structure. However, the initial investment cost of a DC network is high...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,119 Views
26 Pages

A Review of Distribution Grid Consumption Strategies Containing Distributed Photovoltaics

  • Shouhang Zhou,
  • Lijuan Ge,
  • Zilong Zheng,
  • Mingyang Wang and
  • Zhiwei Xu

27 June 2024

With the growing energy crisis and environmental problems, distributed photovoltaic (PV), as a clean and renewable form of energy, is receiving more and more attention. However, the large-scale access to distributed PV brings a series of challenges t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,182 Views
17 Pages

The continuous increase of the penetration of distributed generation in the distribution network poses more severe challenges for its full accommodation. In this context, an energy storage system can be installed to enhance the ability to accommodate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,706 Views
16 Pages

19 February 2022

Low voltage devices connected to public electricity supply networks can be subjected to a wide range of voltage quality, including sustained overvoltage. Assessing the impact of sustained overvoltage on devices connected to the distribution network i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,167 Views
24 Pages

Bi-Level Interactive Optimization of Distribution Network–Agricultural Park with Distributed Generation Support

  • Ke Xu,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Shijun Chen,
  • Weiting Xu,
  • Chuan Yuan,
  • Dengli Jiang,
  • Peilin Li and
  • Youbo Liu

5 June 2025

The large-scale integration of renewable energy and the use of high-energy-consuming equipment in agricultural parks have a great influence on the security of rural distribution networks. To ensure reliable power delivery for residential and agricult...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,280 Views
21 Pages

Quantifying the Economic Impact of Supply Voltage Magnitude on Consumers

  • Sean Elphick,
  • Jonathan C. Knott,
  • Gerrard Drury,
  • Tom Langstaff and
  • Duane A. Robinson

8 November 2024

Increasing penetration of distributed energy resources is manifesting as voltage regulation challenges in many LV networks. Appropriate regulation of supply voltage magnitude is essential to ensure efficacy and efficiency in the operation of electric...

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