Title :
Considerations on tariff strategies for nonsinusoidal conditions
Author :
Bezuidenhout, SL ; Rens, APJ
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Potchefstroom for Christian Higher Educ., South Africa
Abstract :
Voltage waveform distortion on the power grid increases commensurately with sophisticated solid-state energy conversion due to the rapid development in power electronics. Harmonic distortion directly affects revenue and operating costs of a utility and customers. Traditional energy rates do not reflect these costs. Tariff strategies to allocate the cost of waveform distortion are considered. It is proposed to be one solution to regulate the total harmonic pollution in a power system.
Keywords :
harmonic distortion; power supply quality; power system economics; power system harmonics; tariffs; nonsinusoidal conditions; power grid voltage waveform distortion; power system total harmonic pollution; solid-state energy conversion; tariff strategies; Costs; Harmonic distortion; Investments; Power generation; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Power system interconnection; Production; Reactive power; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7570-X
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1160020
