Energy efficiency of distribution transformers in Europe

Author

Targosz, Roman ; Topalis, Frangiskos V.

Author_Institution

Eur. Copper Inst., Wroclaw

fYear

2007

fDate

9-11 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Losses in distribution transformers account for almost one third of overall transmission and distribution losses. Previous European Copper Institute studies indicated that improving energy efficiency of existing European stock of transformers by 40% would result in about 22 TWh energy savings equivalent to about 9 million tonne of CO2eq. SEEDT is one of the projects developed under Intelligent Energy - Europe programme which converts EU energy policy for today´s energy challenges like energy efficiency. One the main goals is to update and scrutinize knowledge about energy efficiency in distribution transformers in Europe. This paper presents findings of analysis of existing situation.

Keywords

distribution networks; power transformers; distribution transformers; energy efficiency; transmission-distribution losses; Copper; Electrical equipment industry; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy management; Europe; Low voltage; Petroleum; Propagation losses; Transformers; distribution transformer; energy efficiency; no load and load losses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power Quality and Utilisation, 2007. EPQU 2007. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-84-690-9441-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-84-690-9441-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPQU.2007.4424121

Filename

4424121