DocumentCode
2989619
Title
Electrification and power quality in the developing world
Author
van Zyl, A. ; Spee, R. ; Enslin, J.H.R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
24-27 Sep 1996
Firstpage
1018
Abstract
Extensive electrification programs are currently under way in developing countries in order to provide electricity to all their people (currently two billion people still do not have access to electricity). This paper proposes that it is of importance to address the issue of power quality in the distribution systems in these electrification programs and discusses some strategies to achieve this
Keywords
distribution networks; electricity supply industry; harmonic distortion; power supply quality; power system harmonics; developing countries; distribution systems; electric utilities; electrification programmes; harmonics; power quality; Electrical equipment industry; Electricity supply industry; Manufacturing industries; Medical services; Power generation economics; Power quality; Power system economics; Power system reliability; Productivity; Standards development;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
AFRICON, 1996., IEEE AFRICON 4th
Conference_Location
Stellenbosch
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3019-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AFRCON.1996.563036
Filename
563036
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