DocumentCode
2929227
Title
Considerations on tariff strategies for nonsinusoidal conditions
Author
Bezuidenhout, SL ; Rens, APJ
Author_Institution
Univ. of Potchefstroom for Christian Higher Educ., South Africa
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
2-4 Oct. 2002
Firstpage
823
Abstract
Voltage waveform distortion on the power grid increases commensurately with sophisticated solid-state energy conversion due to the rapid development in power electronics. Harmonic distortion directly affects revenue and operating costs of a utility and customers. Traditional energy rates do not reflect these costs. Tariff strategies to allocate the cost of waveform distortion are considered. It is proposed to be one solution to regulate the total harmonic pollution in a power system.
Keywords
harmonic distortion; power supply quality; power system economics; power system harmonics; tariffs; nonsinusoidal conditions; power grid voltage waveform distortion; power system total harmonic pollution; solid-state energy conversion; tariff strategies; Costs; Harmonic distortion; Investments; Power generation; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Power system interconnection; Production; Reactive power; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7570-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1160020
Filename
1160020
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