Development and application of evaporation rate water cycle algorithm for optimal coordination of directional overcurrent relays

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Highlights：

• Conventional evaporation rate water cycle algorithm (ERWCA).

• The proposed MERWCA improves the performance of ERWCA.

• To find the optimal solutions for the coordination problem of directional overcurrent relays.

• The proposed MERWCA is verified on the CEC’2017 test suite.

• MERWCA is assessed using benchmark DIgSILENT PowerFactory.

摘要

•Conventional evaporation rate water cycle algorithm (ERWCA).•The proposed MERWCA improves the performance of ERWCA.•To find the optimal solutions for the coordination problem of directional overcurrent relays.•The proposed MERWCA is verified on the CEC’2017 test suite.•MERWCA is assessed using benchmark DIgSILENT PowerFactory.

论文关键词：Optimal coordination,Coordination time interval,MERWCA,DOCRs,Characteristic relay curve,Relay’s coordination,Conventional and non-conventional relay curves

论文评审过程：Received 3 March 2021, Revised 28 May 2021, Accepted 30 June 2021, Available online 5 July 2021, Version of Record 5 August 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115538