Effect of electric power shedding on economic dispatch: Case study Tanzania

Author

Oonsivilai, Anant ; Greyson, Kenedy A.

Author_Institution

Power & Control Res. Group, Suranaree Univ. of Technol., Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

fYear

2009

fDate

25-27 May 2009

Firstpage

3252

Lastpage

3255

Abstract

Most developing countries´ electric power supply generators are limited. Tanzania for example, electric power system operates a relatively small electricity utility dominated mainly by hydropower plants and thermal power plants running on fossil fuels (diesel and natural gas). The demand for electricity in Tanzania is however growing at a relatively fast rate. This growth rate has been achieved despite long period of load shedding, mainly due to drought and inadequate rainfall in the main hydropower reservoirs and their catchments areas. In this paper, analysis of operating costs at shedding based situation is analyzed. Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) mirror network is simulated and results are presented.

Keywords

electricity supply industry; hydroelectric power stations; load shedding; power generation dispatch; power generation economics; thermal power stations; TANESCO; Tanzania Electric Supply Company; economic dispatch; electric power shedding effect; electric power supply generators; electric power system; electricity utility; fossil fuels; hydropower plants; hydropower reservoirs; load shedding; operating cost analysis; thermal power plants; Costs; Fossil fuels; Fuel economy; Hydroelectric power generation; Natural gas; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power supplies; Power system economics; Reservoirs; Economic dispatch; developing countries; limited energy; operating costs; power shedding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2009. ICIEA 2009. 4th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2799-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2800-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIEA.2009.5138803

Filename

5138803