Use of six-phase systems to reduce technical losses in subtransmission networks of power distribution utilities
International Journal of Development Research
Use of six-phase systems to reduce technical losses in subtransmission networks of power distribution utilities
Received 10th May, 2021; Received in revised form 19th June, 2021; Accepted 25th July, 2021; Published online 29th August, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Felipe Ribeiro Miranda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this work is to find solutions to reduce energy losses in distribution systems, focusing on the application of six-phase systems. In the transmission segment, there are many surveys with six-phase systems. However, in the distribution segment, the situation is different and there is little research on this alternative. The main objective of this work is to demonstrate the reduction of technical losses through the conversion of a three-phase double-circuit line into a six-phase line, considering only the exchange of transformers. The work presents the reduction in loss that is generated by the application of the technology at 34.5kV distribution voltage levels; case studies considering a base network considering several topological changes and; application in a real network with fault simulation.
