Abstract
 Electric Systems Planning Track: Electric and Gas Author(s): Fernando Gruppelli Distribution Planning is a very complex task in which the planners must ensure that the system will meet the demand regarding substation and feeder capacity. The basic goal of a distribution utility could be expressed as: Supply of electricity, Good economy and Good safety. The implementation took two years of development. The solution is called GISPLAN, and can perform several types of analysis on existing and planned network: Fault Analysis, Load Flow, Technical Losses Calculations, Load Increase, Outage Management Studies, Reliability Studies, Cost Benefit Ratios Determination, Optimal Capacitor Placement, and others. GISPLAN is a powerful tool to help planners creating scenarios studies and performing simulations to evaluate the impact of modifications in the network, current or future. All simulations can be easily visualized. The most important benefits were: reduced time to plan, better solutions, good performance of calculations, easy drawings and easy and fast input of data. Fernando Gruppelli Copel Engineering Rua Jose Izidoro Biazetto, 158. Bl.C Curitiba , Parana 81200240 BR Phone: 55 41 33312698 E-mail: fernando.gruppelli@copel.com |
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