Browsing Engineering by Subject "distributed generation"
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Impact of voltage waveform quality on distribution network planning
(North-West University, 2018)The present study investigated the power losses in a specific portion of the MV distribution network in Potchefstroom, South Africa. This was done in an attempt to assess and predict the impact of harmonic distortion on ... -
Microgrid energy management system based on artificial intelligence
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Microgrids provide the opportunity to combine various distributed energy resources to supply a local load independently from, or in parallel with the national grid. This allows the load to utilise renewable energy as much ... -
Mitigation of operational risk in South African distribution networks with integrated renewable generation
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Under the Department of Energy's (DoE) renewable energy independent power producer procurement program (REIPPPP), utility scale renewable energy projects were connected to sub-transmission networks. To date 4138 MW of ...