Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_WPD_005 | |
| Title | Losses Investigation | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Western Power Distribution |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2015 | |
| End Date | 01 February 2018 | |
| Duration | 40 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £2,580,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power | |
| Region | South West | |
| Programme | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Western Power Distribution (100.000%) |
| Web Site | http://www.smarternetworks.org/project/NIA_WPD_005 |
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| Objectives | 1) Understand technical losses on the LV and HV network2) Determine the minimum information to accurately predict network losses 1) Construction of fully monitored HV and LV networks2) Measurement of network losses on monitored feeders3) Accurate modelling of losses with full information4) Several models with limited data sets created and tested5) Conclusion on level of information needed to accurately predict losses | |
| Abstract | Distribution Network Operators have an obligation to operate efficient and economic networks. As such the effective management of distribution losses is paramount. Current estimates put the technical losses at between 5. 8% and 6. 6% of electricity delivered ("Management of Electricity Distribution Network Losses" IFI report) worth approximately £900 million across the UK. Approximately £640 million of these losses occur after transformation down to 11kV. Some improvements with clear cost benefits across the network are being rolled out, as outlined in WPDs losses strategy; however these are restricted to broad brush techniques due to a lack of detailed understanding of the distribution of losses across our network. As such reductions in losses cannot be targeted and the network cannot be optimised. This project will fully monitor several LV and HV feeders to measure all the in-feeds and out-feeds to the networks. This will enable us to gain a much fuller understanding of flows on the feeders as well as determining network losses. We will also investigate the causes and effects of certain loss influencing parameters such as imbalance and power factor. The monitored feeders will enable us to build a reference for different loss estimation models which will be developed using restricted data sets. These models will predict the losses using data such as customer types and circuit length and will be compared against the reference allowing us to understand the importance and value of the data. The comparisons will allow us to determine the minimum information needed to assess network losses accurately.Note : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 31/08/18 | |
