Additional electric loss in rural distribution networks 0.38 kV

Abstract

The article presents calculations the additional electric loss in the case of three-phase voltage system unbalance in the real rural electrical distribution networks (0.38 kV). Measurements were carried out at substations that receive power from distribution substation “Petropavlovsk”. Measurements were carried out using a certified device “Resource-UF2M”. Also presented are graphs of changes in currents/voltages of the negative-sequence and zero-sequence, electric loss and other parameters. The results of the economic assessment of electricity losses are presented. As a result, the proposed method for reducing the power loss factor, that can reduce the losses of electricity.

Keywords

• rural electrical distribution networks
• power loss
• power loss coefficient
• shunt-symmetric device
• automatic control system