A Smart Badge Implementation on Electrical Power Sector for Safety Improvement for Workforce - A Study Case

Conventionally in many countries, electrical power industry is organized as vertically integrated system. Under this system, large utilities are authoritative for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power. Such utilities are governed by the rules and regulations of the government and are forced to operate within the prescribed guidelines with minimal profit. This confirmation causes an ineffective and sluggish perspective in power industry with a lack of technical innovation, competent management and customer satisfaction. To overcome these deficiencies, power sector around the globe is getting restructured. This paper addresses an inevitable technical disputes occurring in deregulated environment i.e., transmission congestion which has an adverse effect on system security, increase in electricity pricing and line losses. Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) is a boon to the power sector which helps in a better and reliable power flow through the transmission lines. The problem is articulated as a multi objective function satisfying all the operational and security limits. Three heuristic algorithms namely Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Symbiotic Organism Search (SOS) and hybrid Quantum based PSO-Bio-geography based krill herd optimization (Q-PSOBBKH) algorithms were applied in finding solution to this complex congestion problem. To study the effectiveness of the proposed objective, IEEE 14 bus system was considered as the test system. In order to validate the proposed methodology three congestion cases i.e. bilateral transaction, multilateral transaction and overloading were imposed on the test bus system. Simulation was carried out in MATLAB.

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1995 International Forum on Deregulation and Restructuring in the Electrical Power Sector

IEEE Power Engineering Review ◽

10.1109/mper.1995.468114 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 15 (10) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

B. Horizonte

Keyword(s):

Electrical Power ◽

International Forum ◽

Power Sector

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Do the Power Sector Reforms in China Reflect the Interests of Consumers?

The China Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0305741000005841 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 158 ◽

pp. 430-446 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Philip Andrews-Speed ◽

Stephen Dow ◽

Aijuan Wang ◽

Jin Mao ◽

Bin Wei

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Electrical Power ◽

Power Industry ◽

Chinese Government ◽

Power Sector ◽

Foreign Investors ◽

Gradual Evolution ◽

The Way

China's electrical power industry has been undergoing piecemeal reforms over the last 15 years. Some of these reforms, such as substantial tariff increases, have been deliberate and have been implemented directly by government. Other changes, such as the increased variety of investors, including foreign investors, have been more spontaneous and have resulted in a gradual evolution in the way the industry works. In 1996 the Chinese government announced a more radical package of reform starting with the new Electricity Law which laid the foundations for a degree of competition in power generation, but without wholesale privatization.

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Functional Scalability and Replicability Analysis for Smart Grid Functions: The InteGrid Project Approach

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14185685 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (18) ◽

pp. 5685

Author(s):

Sergio Potenciano Menci ◽

Ricardo J. Bessa ◽

Barbara Herndler ◽

Clemens Korner ◽

Bharath-Varsh Rao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Smart Grid ◽

Large Scale ◽

Electrical Power ◽

Pilot Phase ◽

Distributed Energy ◽

Power Sector ◽

Project Approach ◽

Innovative Solutions ◽

Different Types ◽

The Impact

The evolution of the electrical power sector due to the advances in digitalization, decarbonization and decentralization has led to the increase in challenges within the current distribution network. Therefore, there is an increased need to analyze the impact of the smart grid and its implemented solutions in order to address these challenges at the earliest stage, i.e., during the pilot phase and before large-scale deployment and mass adoption. Therefore, this paper presents the scalability and replicability analysis conducted within the European project InteGrid. Within the project, innovative solutions are proposed and tested in real demonstration sites (Portugal, Slovenia, and Sweden) to enable the DSO as a market facilitator and to assess the impact of the scalability and replicability of these solutions when integrated into the network. The analysis presents a total of three clusters where the impact of several integrated smart tools is analyzed alongside future large scale scenarios. These large scale scenarios envision significant penetration of distributed energy resources, increased network dimensions, large pools of flexibility, and prosumers. The replicability is analyzed through different types of networks, locations (country-wise), or time (daily). In addition, a simple replication path based on a step by step approach is proposed as a guideline to replicate the smart functions associated with each of the clusters.

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Renewable Energy in the Sustainable Development of Electrical Power Sector: A Review

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14248240 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (24) ◽

pp. 8240

Author(s):

Wadim Strielkowski ◽

Lubomír Civín ◽

Elena Tarkhanova ◽

Manuela Tvaronavičienė ◽

Yelena Petrenko

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Developing Economies ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Electrical Power ◽

Electric Energy ◽

Power Sector ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Impact

The electrical power sector plays an important role in the economic growth and development of every country around the world. Total global demand for electric energy is growing both in developed and developing economies. The commitment to the decarbonization of economies, which would mean replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources (RES) as well as the electrification of transport and heating as a means to tackle global warming and dangerous climate change, would lead to a surge in electricity consumption worldwide. Hence, it appears reasonable that the electric power sector should embed the principles of sustainable development into its functioning and operation. In addition, events such as the recent European gas crisis that have emerged as a result of the massive deployment of renewables need to be studied and prevented. This review aims at assessing the role of the renewable energy in the sustainable development of the electrical power sector, focusing on the energy providers and consumers represented both by businesses and households that are gradually becoming prosumers on the market of electric energy. Furthermore, it also focuses on the impact of renewables on the utility side and their benefits for the grid. In addition, it identifies the major factors of the sustainable development of the electrical power sector.

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A Brief Assessment of the Energy Sector of Bangladesh

International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering ◽

10.4018/ijeoe.2021010103 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 36-55

Author(s):

Amam Hossain Bagdadee

Keyword(s):

Annual Report ◽

Electrical Power ◽

Energy Sector ◽

Master Plan ◽

Power Sector ◽

Brief Assessment

This paper gives a review of the energy sector of Bangladesh with the help of different data on the related electrical utility and its annual report. It is also tried to put some remarks on the crisis of the energy sector and a possible solution to rising above the electrical power crisis. Moreover, the master plan of the power sector discussed. The administration of the energy sector in Bangladesh has attempted a few undertakings to take care of this quickly developing requirement. New planning has been created to address the difficulties in the energy sector. These planning are also swiftly analyzed in this paper. These approaches will assume an essential part in the maintainable improvement of the nation.

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