Automation of the Athens (Tennessee) electric power distribution system

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6983319

Gnadt, P A

In an effort to provide electricity at a minimum cost, the electric utility industry continues to examine methods to operate generating plants, transmission lines, distribution equipment, and customer appliances more efficiently. The Athens Automation and Control Experiment (AACE) was conceived and implemented to address these needs. Located on the Athens Utilities Board system in Athens, Tennessee, the AACE is a highly instrumented system serving a closely surveyed group of 2000 consumers. AACE was designed as a test for distribution automation and control experiments. Observation of the results from the experiments will help to show which controls are worthwhile, what data and instrumentation are needed, and which monitoring and control functions for distribution systems are justified. Testing of the new automated system began in the fall of 1985, and the results may have a dramatic impact on the way electric power systems will be designed and operated in the future. Results from volt/var, system reconfiguration, and load control experiments are described.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6983319
• Report Number(s): CONF-870274-1; ON: DE87007671
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

200300* -- Electric Power Engineering-- Power Transmission & Distribution-- (-1989)
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
AUTOMATION
CONTROL
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
FEDERAL REGION IV
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
TENNESSEE
USA