• DocumentCode
    1597799
  • Title

    Electronic tap changers for use with ultra-light rural distribution lines

  • Author

    Meyer, A.S. ; Van Coller, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    909
  • Abstract
    The use of cost-effective ultra-light medium voltage power lines for remote rural communities is proposed. This will require the development of an electronic on-load tap changer to cope with the excessive voltage drops. The tap changer will be used with typical rural distribution transformers and a novel feature will be that it will contain intelligence so that the tap position can be determined not only from the voltage but also from the current
  • Keywords
    distribution networks; power distribution lines; power electronics; power transformers; transformer windings; electronic on-load tap changer; intelligence; medium voltage power lines; remote rural communities; rural distribution transformers; ultra-light rural distribution lines; Africa; Conductors; Costs; Earth; Large-scale systems; Medium voltage; On load tap changers; Proposals; Telephony; Transformers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Africon, 1999 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Cape Town
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5546-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AFRCON.1999.821890
  • Filename
    821890