Environmental cost of distribution transformer losses

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3146-3155

  Georgilakis, Pavlos S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Distribution transformer; Electrical power; Energy conservation; Energy efficiency; Environmental impact; Greenhouse gas emissions trading

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; GHG EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING; POWER SYSTEMS; TRANSFORMER LOSS;

TRANSFORMER PROTECTION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INSTALLATION; INVESTMENT; POWER PLANT;

EID: 79955464173     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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