Statistical appraisal of economic design strategies of LV distribution networks

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1363-1372

  Gan, Chin Kim ^a   Mancarella, Pierluigi ^a   Pudjianto, Danny ^a   Strbac, Goran ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution losses; Distribution system analysis; Life cycle cost (LCC); Network design policy

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT DESIGNS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DISTRIBUTION LOSS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DESIGN; FRACTAL-BASED ALGORITHMS; GENERIC NETWORKS; LIFE CYCLE COST (LCC); LOAD DENSITY; LV DISTRIBUTION; NETWORK DESIGN POLICY; NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMAL NETWORK DESIGN; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TEST NETWORK; TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RURAL AREAS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

DESIGN;

EID: 79956061696     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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