Conservation voltage reduction technique: An application guideline for smarter grid

Papers Presented at the Annual Conference - Rural Electric Power Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sen, P K ^a   Lee, Keun H ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Voltage Reduction; CVR; Energy Conservation; Energy Efficiency; Voltage Control; Voltage Optimization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

APPLICATION GUIDELINES; CONSERVATION VOLTAGE REDUCTIONS; CVR; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PRACTICING ENGINEERS; QUANTIFIABLE MEASURES; VOLTAGE OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84904536299     PISSN: 07347464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/REPCon.2014.6842200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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