Predicting the technical impacts of high levels of small-scale embedded generators on low-voltage networks

IET Renewable Power Generation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-262

  Trichakis, P ^a   Taylor, P C ^a   Lyons, P F ^a   Hair, R ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EON Kernkraft GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; POWER QUALITY; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CASE STUDIES; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATORS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE; LV NETWORKS; NETWORK LOSSES; POWER SYSTEMS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; VOLTAGE REGULATIONS; VOLTAGE UNBALANCES;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 48449088652     PISSN: 17521416     EISSN: 17521424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg:20080012     Document Type: Article

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