A quantification of the energy savings by Conservation Voltage Reduction

2012 IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology, POWERCON 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ellens, Wendy ^a   Berry, Adam ^b   West, Sam ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

energy conservation; power distribution; smart grids; voltage control

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION VOLTAGE REDUCTIONS; ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; LINE LOSS; OPERATING TIME; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SAVE ENERGY; SMART GRID; VOLTAGE LEVELS; VOLTAGE REDUCTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; SMART POWER GRIDS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84873308480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PowerCon.2012.6401391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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