Title :
Geospatially-based software tools to support mass electrification
Author :
Dwolatzky, Barry
Author_Institution :
Inf. Eng. Res. Group, Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract :
Over the past decade tremendous progress has been made in bringing grid electricity for the first time to over 2 million homes in South Africa. Over this time a group at Wits University has carried out research leading to the development of innovative geospatial software applications to solve some of the problems faced toy the designers of these new networks. The paper overviews a number of relevant MSc and PhD projects carried out at the University over the past decade, and discusses the contribution made to electrification in South Africa.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; geographic information systems; power engineering computing; power system planning; South Africa; geospatial software applications; grid electricity; mass electrification; power network planning; projects; university; Africa; Application software; Bills of materials; Design engineering; Distributed control; Joining processes; Modems; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7570-X
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1160029
