A method for cost benefit analysis of distribution automation

Author

Lehtonen, Matti ; Kupari, Sampsa

Author_Institution

VTT, Finland

Volume

1

fYear

1995

Firstpage

49

Abstract

This paper presents a computer based method for general comparison and planning of distribution automation (DA) systems. The functions considered include several applications of fault management and distribution network operation optimization. In the paper, the computation of DA benefits is first discussed. The breakdown of DA costs is then discussed. It is shown, that both the costs and the benefits of different functions partly are overlapping, which must be taken into account in the feasibility analysis. Some computation results for Finnish distribution companies are given

Keywords

cost-benefit analysis; distribution networks; economics; power system analysis computing; power system control; power system planning; Finnish distribution companies; computer based method; cost benefit analysis; distribution automation costs; distribution automation planning; distribution network operation optimization; fault management; feasibility analysis; Application software; Automation; Computer network management; Cost benefit analysis; Cost function; Distributed computing; Electric breakdown; Software packages; Switches; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Management and Power Delivery, 1995. Proceedings of EMPD '95., 1995 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2981-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMPD.1995.500699

Filename

500699