Selective automation upgrade in distribution networks towards a smarter grid

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-285

  Bouhouras, Aggelos S ^a   Andreou, Georgios T ^a   Labridis, Dimitris P ^a   Bakirtzis, Anastasios G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

loss reduction; network upgrade; Power distribution; reliability improvement

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; LOSS REDUCTION; MEDIUM VOLTAGE EQUIPMENTS; NETWORK UPGRADES; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT; SMART GRID;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS;

EID: 78649373728     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2010.2080294     Document Type: Article

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