Power transformer economic evaluation in decentralized electricity markets

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2329-2341

  Amoiralis, Eleftherios I ^a   Tsili, Marina A ^b   Kladas, Antonios G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electricity supply industry deregulation; power demand; power distribution; power grids; power system economics; probability density function; statistical analysis; transformers

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; POWER MARKETS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; PRIVATIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY DEREGULATIONS; POWER DEMANDS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER GRIDS; POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS;

EID: 84857017436     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2157291     Document Type: Article

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