Title :
Voltage Sag Source Location: Case Study in Zambian Grid
Author :
Makaliki, Readlay ; Leborgne, Roberto C.
Author_Institution :
Distrib. & Supply Directorate, Zesco Ltd. Lusaka, Lusaka
Abstract :
This paper describes a case study to find the location of the voltage sag source at a petroleum industry where sags are causing undesired trips on critical loads. The network that supplies this industry is operated by basically two transmission and distribution utilities. Therefore, finding the location of the disturbance source is a first step in mitigation and decisive in allocating responsibilities.
Keywords :
power grids; power supply quality; Zambian grid; distribution utilities; petroleum industry; transmission utilities; voltage sag source location; Circuit faults; Load flow; Monitoring; Petroleum; Position measurement; Power quality; Reactive power; Refining; Steady-state; Voltage fluctuations; Power quality; source location; voltage sags (dips);
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Conference and Exposition in Africa, 2007. PowerAfrica '07. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Johannesburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1477-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1478-9
DOI :
10.1109/PESAFR.2007.4498113