An Updated Review on Distribution Management Systems within a Smart Grid Structure

A distribution management system is known as the core part of the operation process of an electrical power distribution grid. This system integrates all the aspects needed to have a reliable and consistent control of a distribution system. A typical distribution management system consists of some major components that in this paper are introduced as the operation, planning, power market, and ancillary sections. These subsystems interact with each other to implement all the tasks needed to manage the distribution system. Within an advanced distribution management system, the operation process of the whole system is structured to work under an almost real-time scale; the automation performance level of such system is enhanced meaningfully, and it uses the advanced version of analysis and optimization functions as well as applications.