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Title: Evaluation of voltage optimization as an effective measure to improve energy efficiency
Authors: Tabone, Brian
Keywords: Electric power -- Conservation -- Malta
Energy consumption -- Malta
Electric power transmission -- Reliability
Issue Date: 2014
Abstract: Voltage Optimization, also referred to as Conservation Voltage Reduction, has long been identified as a potential measure to reduce electrical energy consumption. This scope of this study was to evaluate the current scientific understanding of the use and effects of voltage on energy consumption. The strategies to applying Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) were also researched, as well as the various approaches to modelling the effect of voltage on energy consumption. A Measurement & Verification (M&V) protocol was developed in order to study the effects of voltage reduction on two systems of different size and differing application, i.e. domestic and small industrial. The data collected was analysed to determine the potential of applying this as an energy conservation measure in Malta. From literature reviewed voltage was found to be an important characteristic of power quality which influences the operation of electrical equipment. Voltage has been harmonized in the European Union to 230V 10% leading to situations where equipment operates at a voltage different than design voltage. Research dating back many decades outlines the effect of voltage on energy consumption, and in the vast majority there is agreement that lower voltage levels result in reduced consumption.
Description: M.SC.SUS.ENERGY
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/10206
Appears in Collections:Dissertations - InsSE - 2014

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