• DocumentCode
    2912380
  • Title

    Load balancing in distribution feeder through reconfiguration

  • Author

    Siti, Willi M. ; Jimoh, Adisa A. ; Nicolae, Dan V.

  • Author_Institution
    Tshwane Univ. of Technol., Pretoria North, South Africa
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-10 Nov. 2005
  • Abstract
    The electrical distribution system is to ensure that an adequate supply is available to meet the estimated load of the consumers in both the near and more distant future. This must of course, be done for minimum possible cost consistent with satisfactory reliability and quality of the supply. In order to avoid excessive voltage drop and minimize technical loss, it may be economical to install apparatus to balance or partially balance the loads. It is believed that the technology to achieve an automatic load balancing lends itself readily for the implementation of different types of algorithms for automatically rearranging the connection of consumers on the low voltage and of a feeder for optimal performance.
  • Keywords
    power distribution reliability; power supply quality; automatic load balancing; distribution feeder; electrical distribution system; power supply quality; power system reliability; voltage drop; Africa; Automation; Costs; Investments; Load management; Low voltage; Power generation economics; Remote monitoring; Switches; Telecommunication computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Electronics Society, 2005. IECON 2005. 31st Annual Conference of IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9252-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IECON.2005.1568914
  • Filename
    1568914