Combined comparison-regression method for assessment of CVR effects

Author

Vega-Fuentes, Eduardo ; Leon-del Rosario, Sonia ; Cerezo-Sanchez, Juan M. ; Vega-Martinez, Aurelio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Automatics, Univ. of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

14-14 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

172

Lastpage

176

Abstract

This paper introduces a combined comparison and regression method to quantify a credible estimation of the energy saving effect produced by Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR). It is presented as a step by step tutorial on how to assess CVR effects with existing resources and tools at every control room in electrical distribution utilities. The method was tested in a distribution network in Canary Islands (Spain) resulting a CVR factor of 0.8211 and 9.42 MWh saved during one day operating with 2.97 % voltage reduction, equivalent to the consumption of 848 households in the region.

Keywords

energy conservation; power distribution control; regression analysis; CVR effects; CVR factor; Canary Islands; Spain; comparison-regression method; conservation voltage reduction; control room; distribution network; electrical distribution utilities; energy saving effect; Active filters; Educational institutions; Estimation; Load modeling; Power demand; Voltage control; Voltage measurement; Conservation voltage reduction (CVR); energy efficiency; power demand; power distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON), 2014 55th International Scientific Conference on

Conference_Location

Riga

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTUCON.2014.6998188

Filename

6998188