The Effects of Reduced Voltages on the Efficiency of Electric Loads

1 July 1982

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems

Vol. PAS-101 (7) , 2158-2166
https://doi.org/10.1109/tpas.1982.317486

Abstract

The paper reports the results from Phase I of Electric Power Research Institute RP1419 and describes the efficiency of important power system loads as a function of voltage. A wide variety of loads have been tested at seven input voltages ranging 100/200 to 126/252 volts, and a methodology has been developed to estimate distribution system efficiency as it relates to the operating level of voltage.

Keywords

VOLTAGE
SYSTEM TESTING
POWER SYSTEMS
POWER SYSTEM STABILITY
POWER SYSTEM MODELING
FREQUENCY
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS COMPUTING
STABILITY ANALYSIS
LOAD MODELING

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Calculation of Energy Losses in a Distribution System
IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, 1980
Impact of Voltage Reduction on Energy and Demand
IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, 1978