CLASSIFICATION OF POWER NETWORK ELEMENTS ON RELIABILITY-RELATED ASPECTS IN THE ASTRAKHAN REGION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF “ASTRAKHANENERGO” - A BRANCH OF PJSC “IDNC OF THE SOUTH”)
Distribution electric networks are an important link in the system of production, transmission and consumption of electric energy. The precise configuration and setting up the relay protection and emergency automation devices, including the right choice of the device working parameters, are of great importance for the reliable operation of power grids. Problems with power supply may appear either as poor quality of electricity supply (instability or distortion of voltage, its frequency fluctuation, low capacity of the power grid), or as its unreliability voltage loss. Recently, in the Astrakhan region there has been recorded an increase of electrical loads due to the growing number of enterprises and energy supply building in industry and household. The search for variants with reduced capital investments in the process of the large-scale and expensive energy construction, as well as the selection of simple and relevant proposals for the development and elaborating power supply systems are important issues for designing power lines. The analysis of the electrical network reliability factors of “Astrakhanenergo”, the branch of “IDGC of the South”, PJSC has been done.