ANALYSIS OF POWER LOSSES IN PHASES IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS AT LOAD IMBALANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (6(75)) ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
Kakhraman Rakhimovich Allaev ◽  
Gulasalkhon Foziljon kizi Musinova

In this paper is being presented the problem of power quality in low voltage networks. Also is being considered the estimation of additional power losses caused by the asymmetry of the load in phases in distribution networks. The load imbalance in phases leads to a significant irrational increase in power losses in the power system. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the correct phasing of loads, in order to prevent significant imbalance, in order to prevent, among other things, significant excess losses in the systems.

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 6361
Author(s):  
Giovanni Artale ◽  
Giuseppe Caravello ◽  
Antonio Cataliotti ◽  
Valentina Cosentino ◽  
Dario Di Cara ◽  
...  

This paper presents a feasibility study on how to implement power quality (PQ) metrics in a low-cost smart metering platform. The study is aimed at verifying the possibility of implementing PQ monitoring in distribution networks without replacing existing smart metering devices or adding new modules for PQ measurements, thus zeroing the installation costs. To this aim, an electronic board, currently used for remote energy metering, was chosen as a case study, specifically the STCOMET platform. Starting from the specifications of this device, the possibility of implementing power quality metrics is investigated in order to verify if compliance with standard requirements for PQ instruments can be obtained. Issues related to device features constraints are discussed; possible solutions and correction algorithms are presented and experimentally verified for different PQ metrics with a particular focus on harmonic analysis. The feasibility study takes into account both the use of on-board voltage and current transducers for low voltage applications and also the impact of external instrument transformers on measurement results.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raton Kumar Nondy ◽  
Md. Abul Bashar ◽  
Prema Nondy ◽  
M. Hazrat Ali

The conventional power frequency (50 or 60 Hz) transformers are economical, highly reliable and quite efficient but they suffer with certain drawbacks like sensitive to harmonics, voltage drop under load, no protection from system disruptions and overloads, poor performance under dc offset load unbalances and no scope to improve power factor. These transformers with copper wound wires on iron cores are unable to respond to control signals as power generations become distributed and intermittent. So, the need of electronic based regulated power supply with software based remote intelligence has become essential. Also, to easily connect the new energy sources to the grid and to improve the power quality by harmonic filtering, voltage sag correction and highly dynamic control of the power flow, a new type of transformer based on power electronics, known as SST has been introduced. The SST realizes voltage transformation, galvanic isolation, power quality improvements such as instantaneous voltage regulation, voltage sag compensation and power factor correction. It is a collection of high-powered semiconductor components, high frequency power transformer and control circuitry which is used to provide a high level of flexible control to power distribution networks. The SST is a high frequency switched Power Electronic Devices (PEDs) based transformer with high controllability that enables flexible connectivity between existing medium voltage power distribution network, low voltage AC residential system and envisioned DC residential system. In this paper a systematic constructional detail of a SST with a power rating of 2 kVA, operating frequency of 20 kHz and voltage rating of 600/60 V as a scaled-down prototype used for power converter topologies is presented. The design is simple and it avoids the difficulty of choosing massive amounts of empirical parameters.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2094 (5) ◽  
pp. 052012
Author(s):  
I V Naumov ◽  
S V Podyachikh

Abstract The experimental studies result on the power quality and additional power losses analysis caused by the asymmetric modes occurrence in three-phase four-wire 0.38 kV electrical networks are considered. The operating modes 38 kV networks several types simulation – with power take-off nodes distributed along the power line, and an electric network with a concentrated load is carried out. The programs have been developed that allow to assess the change in indicators characterizing asymmetric modes, as well as programs that allow us to visualize this process change. The most installing special symmetrical devices appropriate places in electric networks with a distributed load (rural electric distribution networks) and concentrated power take-off nodes electric networks (urban electric networks) have been identified to minimize losses and improve the power quality. A numerical studied indicators analysis was performed.


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