Title :
Power demand and energy management systems
Abstract :
Utilities charge large industrial customers both for the energy utilized and for the maximum usage over a period of time which is either preset or instantaneous (the demand charge). To control the demand charge, electric furnace steel companies have installed demand limiters to decrease excessive peaking of energy usage. The author examines the different types of demand limiters, the procedures for analyzing energy usage within an electric furnace shop, and methods for predicting and utilizing the delays caused by demand limiting.<>
Keywords :
electric furnaces; load management; power systems; steel industry; demand limiters; electric furnace; energy management systems; industrial customers; load demand; load management; steel industry; Delay; Electrical equipment industry; Energy management; Furnaces; Power demand; Steel;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1988., Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1988.25209
