Simulation of distribution feeders and charger installation for the Olympic electric tram system

Author

Handran, Doug- ; Bass, R. ; Lambert, Frank ; Kennedy, John

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

11-14 Aug 1996

Firstpage

168

Lastpage

175

Abstract

This paper discusses a simulation study of the effects of operating large quantities of battery chargers on an electric utility distribution system. Harmonic effects are modeled with Electrotek´s SuperHarm program, part of the HarmFlo+ workstation package. During the operational period of the tram battery charging facility, measurements at different points along the distribution system were taken and compared to results predicted by SuperHarm. Once the accuracy of the simulation model was confirmed, specific scenarios involving capacitor arrangement, IEEE 519 compliance and charger comparisons were investigated

Keywords

battery chargers; distribution networks; harmonic distortion; power system analysis computing; power system harmonics; railways; software packages; IEEE 519 compliance; Olympic electric tram system; SuperHarm software; battery chargers; capacitor arrangement; charger comparisons; computer simulation; distribution feeders; distribution system; electric utility; simulation model; Battery charge measurement; Capacitors; Current measurement; Helium; Packaging; Paper technology; Power system modeling; Substations; Transformers; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Power Electronics, 1996., IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

ISSN

1093-5142

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3977-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIPE.1996.612355

Filename

612355