Title :
Operational and development strategies employed to improve reliability of EGAT system
Author :
Khongthong, Roengchai
Author_Institution :
Electr. Generating Authority of Thailand, Thailand
Abstract :
The continuous expansion of the Thai economy over several years has put the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) on alert to the more careful planning of the power operation, expansion and development of power technology. Demand for power both quantity and quality are increasing as customer operation becomes more sensitive to fluctuation and disruption. It is necessary for EGAT to improve power system reliability in order to meet all customer demand, both quantity and quality, which contributes to the nation´s investment. The author discusses the electrical demand, generation development, transmission development, and operational control
Keywords :
power system control; power system planning; power system reliability; EGAT; Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand; customer operation; electrical demand; generation development; operational control; power supply quality; power system operation; power system planning; power system reliability; reliability improvement; transmission development; Control systems; Fluctuations; Investments; Power generation; Power supplies; Power system interconnection; Power system planning; Power system reliability; Temperature; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Management and Power Delivery, 1995. Proceedings of EMPD '95., 1995 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2981-3
DOI :
10.1109/EMPD.1995.500720
