Deep-Learning-Assisted Topology Identification and Sensor Placement for Active Distribution Network

In response to the demand for identification of distribution network topology with a high percentage of renewable energy penetration, a distribution network topology analysis method based on decision trees and deep learning methods is proposed. First, the decision tree model is constructed to analyze the importance of each node’s characteristics to the observability of the distribution network topology. Next, we arrange the node feature importance from large to small and select the node measurement data with high importance as the training sample set. Then, the principal component analysis (PCA)-deep belief network (DBN) model is used to analyze the changes in the observability of the distribution network topology, and the nodes are selected as the optimal location for the measurement device when the distribution network is completely observable. Finally, the IEEE-33 bus system with a high proportion of renewable energy is used to verify that the method proposed has a good effect in the identification of the distribution network topology.