Title :
Value-based reliability evaluation of electric distribution systems
Author :
Billinton, Roy ; Aweya, James ; Wacker, Garry
Author_Institution :
Saskatchewan Univ., Saskatoon, Sask., Canada
fDate :
6/15/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe the evaluation of the worth or value of distribution system reliability using quantitative reliability analysis and customer interruption costs. The ability to assess reliability worth makes it possible to optimize the reliability of a system by comparing the reliability worth with the associated system investment costs. The analyses include an evaluation of the reliability of different design/operating configurations of a distribution system and the corresponding reliability worths at the customer level. The reliability of each system configuration is evaluated in terms of the system performance indices and the expected customer outage costs due to power interruptions.
Keywords :
distribution networks; economics; power system reliability; customer interruption costs; electric distribution systems; expected customer outage costs; investment costs; power interruptions; quantitative reliability analysis; value-based reliability evaluation; Circuits; Cost function; Design optimization; Economic indicators; Government; Investments; Performance evaluation; Power system analysis computing; Power system reliability; Substations;
Conference_Titel :
WESCANEX 93. 'Communications, Computers and Power in the Modern Environment.' Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Saskatoon, Sask., Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1319-4
DOI :
10.1109/WESCAN.1993.270561
