Title :
Ecoelectrify: a tool to design electric distribution systems for rural areas in developing countries
Author :
Thirault, D. ; Bésanger, Y. ; Hadjsaid, N. ; Almeida, Adauto ; Huard, Guillaume
Author_Institution :
ENSIEG, St. Martin d´´Heres, France
Abstract :
The aim of this paper is to present new tool named "Ecoelectrify", for the economic design of electric distribution systems for rural areas in developing countries. Different means to electrify developing countries exist; by MV systems (three-phases or two-phases) or by an autonomous hybrid system. This tool permits to calculate the electrification cost over a period of 20 years (investment costs and yearly costs) for the different mentioned strategies allowing choosing the less expensive strategy. Afterwards the second step is the optimization of the chosen structure solved by a dynamic programming algorithm.
Keywords :
costing; distribution networks; dynamic programming; hybrid power systems; power distribution planning; ECOELECTRIFY; MV system; autonomous hybrid system; dynamic programming algorithm; economic design; electric distribution system; electrification cost calculation; investment cost; optimization; rural area; rural electrification; yearly cost; Cost function; Dynamic programming; Energy resources; Heuristic algorithms; Hybrid power systems; Investments; Power generation economics; Power system dynamics; Power system economics; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2003, IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7989-6
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2003.1271061
