Reliability and cost comparison of power distribution configurations

Author

Wagner, Van E.

Author_Institution

Schneider Electr., Troy, MI

fYear

2008

fDate

4-8 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Reliability and installed cost are key parameters in the selection of the appropriate power system distribution design. This paper presents a relative comparison of reliability and costs for radial, primary selective, looped, main-tie-main, synchronous bus, ring bus, and double bus medium voltage configurations. It also examines radial, main-tie-main and spot network for low voltage. To simplify the analysis, the alternate source is assumed always available. The derivation of the results for the medium voltage main-tie-main is shown in detail as an example to demonstrate the methodology. The advantages of the various topologies are discussed and compared.

Keywords

power distribution planning; power distribution reliability; double bus medium voltage configurations; main-tie-main network; power distribution configurations; power system distribution design; radial network; ring bus; spot network; synchronous bus; Books; Circuits; Costs; Gold; Industrial power systems; Medium voltage; Power distribution; Power system analysis computing; Power system reliability; Transformers; Reliability; cost; double bus; looped; main-tie-main; primary selective; radial; ring bus; spot network; synchronous bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, 2008. ICPS 2008. IEEE/IAS

Conference_Location

Clearwater Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2093-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2094-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPS.2008.4606289

Filename

4606289