Impact of an Innovative Approach in the Management of the Electricity Network in Cameroon

International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering

© 2025 by SSRG - IJECE Journal

Volume 12 Issue 7

Year of Publication : 2025

Authors : Leger Nguewa Chuembou, Felix Paune, Luc Vivien Assiene Mouodo

10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V12I7P128

How to Cite?

Leger Nguewa Chuembou, Felix Paune, Luc Vivien Assiene Mouodo, "Impact of an Innovative Approach in the Management of the Electricity Network in Cameroon," SSRG International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, vol. 12,  no. 7, pp. 360-377, 2025. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V12I7P128

Abstract:

This paper highlights an innovative adaptive approach to optimize network topology and Distributed Generation (DG) placement with the objective of reducing power losses and optimizing voltage stability. The methodological approach proposes a metaheuristic algorithm inspired by the CUCKOO model for which the process of selecting the best solutions for successive iterations immediately integrates the convergence criteria (number of iterations, tolerance); this algorithm is tested respectively on the networks: IEEE-33, IEEE-69, and on the Northern Interconnected Networks (RIN) Cameroon; and this with 4 operating scenarios for each network with an estimation of convergence performance and a comparison with the current literature; the decentralized PV production used is permanent as a working hypothesis for the implementation. The results obtained for the case of the RIN Cameroon offer a reduction in power losses of 23.9647%, for a minimum voltage of 0.97762 PU. Thus, demonstrating the effectiveness and performance of the proposed method in optimizing the management of the reconfiguration of electrical networks. A comparison of its results with those of the literature allows us to recommend this work in particular for the development program of the Energy sector horizon 2030 (PDSE 20230) for Cameroon. And in general, for the reconfiguration of electrical networks.

Keywords:

Management of electricity, Decentralized PV production, Adaptive Metaheuristic algorithm Cuckoo, PDSE 2030.

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