TY - GEN
T1 - Capacity enhancement for aging distribution systems using single wire earth return
AU - Wolfs, P. J.
AU - Hosseinzadeh, N.
AU - Senini, S. T.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Single wire earth return systems, (SWER), are the low cost technology for rural power distribution and have global application. In the Australian setting, voltage regulation is becoming the determining factor for older SWER systems. In long systems, directly connected shunt reactors are used to compensate the effects of line to ground capacitance. The replacement of fixed shunt reactors with controllable reactors provides an opportunity to approximately double the capacity of an aging infrastructure. Three case studies based on the North Jericho system are presented and a range of practical implementation issues are discussed.
AB - Single wire earth return systems, (SWER), are the low cost technology for rural power distribution and have global application. In the Australian setting, voltage regulation is becoming the determining factor for older SWER systems. In long systems, directly connected shunt reactors are used to compensate the effects of line to ground capacitance. The replacement of fixed shunt reactors with controllable reactors provides an opportunity to approximately double the capacity of an aging infrastructure. Three case studies based on the North Jericho system are presented and a range of practical implementation issues are discussed.
KW - Inductors
KW - Power distribution control reactive power control
KW - Thyristor applications
KW - Voltage control
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U2 - 10.1109/PES.2007.385451
DO - 10.1109/PES.2007.385451
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:42549091049
SN - 1424412986
SN - 9781424412983
T3 - 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, PES
BT - 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, PES
T2 - 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, PES
Y2 - 24 June 2007 through 28 June 2007
ER -