Utility-based economic assessment of distribution transformers considering specific load characteristics and environmental factors

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1184-1191

  Amoiralis, Eleftherios I ^a   Georgilakis, Pavlos S ^a   Tsili, Marina A ^b   Souflaris, Athanassios T ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Schneider Electric AE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost evaluation model; Distribution transformer; Energy efficient transformer; External environmental cost; IEEE standard C57.120; Loss evaluation; Sensitivity analysis; Total owning cost

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IEEE STANDARDS; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COST EVALUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; LOAD CHARACTERISTICS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 44949111369     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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