Effect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrification

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dc.contributor.advisorGaunt, C Trevoren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCarter-Brown, Clinton Geoffreyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T11:00:29Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T11:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-201).
dc.description.abstractThere is an optimum conductor size that minimises the lifetime cost of domestic electrification networks. The lifetime cost consists of the initial capital cost and ongoing running cost. Technical load losses are an important running cost and consideration for conductor size optimisation. Traditional conductor size optimisation methods base technical load loss costs on upstream generation and network costs. These loss costing methods assume that consumers behave as constant power loads. The impact of conductor voltage drops on changes in consumer energy consumption and demand and hence changes in utility bulk purchase cost and sales revenue are ignored. Traditional load loss calculation methods do not adequately describe the stochastic nature of individual consumer loads. In low-voltage domestic networks traditional methods may account for less than 25% of the actual lifetime running cost due to load losses and conductor voltage drop. It is shown that the results of traditional conductor size optimisation methods are severely compromised.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCarter-Brown, C. G. (2006). <i>Effect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrification</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5257en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCarter-Brown, Clinton Geoffrey. <i>"Effect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrification."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5257en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCarter-Brown, C. 2006. Effect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrification. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Carter-Brown, Clinton Geoffrey AB - There is an optimum conductor size that minimises the lifetime cost of domestic electrification networks. The lifetime cost consists of the initial capital cost and ongoing running cost. Technical load losses are an important running cost and consideration for conductor size optimisation. Traditional conductor size optimisation methods base technical load loss costs on upstream generation and network costs. These loss costing methods assume that consumers behave as constant power loads. The impact of conductor voltage drops on changes in consumer energy consumption and demand and hence changes in utility bulk purchase cost and sales revenue are ignored. Traditional load loss calculation methods do not adequately describe the stochastic nature of individual consumer loads. In low-voltage domestic networks traditional methods may account for less than 25% of the actual lifetime running cost due to load losses and conductor voltage drop. It is shown that the results of traditional conductor size optimisation methods are severely compromised. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Effect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrification TI - Effect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrification UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5257 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5257
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCarter-Brown CG. Effect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrification. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5257en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Electrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherElectrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleEffect of conductor size on the total cost of electricity distribution feeders in South African electrificationen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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