Title :
A Taxonomy of North American radial distribution feeders
Author :
Schneider, K.P. ; Chen, Y. ; Engle, D. ; Chassin, D.
Author_Institution :
Battelle Seattle Res. Center, Pacific Northwest Nat. Lab., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a set of radial distribution test feeders that are representative of those found in the various regions of the Continental United States. The purpose of publishing these distribution feeder models is to facilitate the analysis of new smart grid technologies.
Keywords :
distribution networks; power grids; Continental United States; North American radial distribution test feeders; smart grid technologies; Analytical models; Laboratories; Load modeling; Packaging; Power grids; Prototypes; Smart grids; Software packages; System testing; Taxonomy; distribution system analysis; test systems;
Conference_Titel :
Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2009. PES '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Calgary, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4241-6
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2009.5275900