Track: Electric and Gas
GIS: A Technology for Performance Improvement in Electricity Supply Systems
Mounir YehiaRania Ramadan , Zaher El-Tawil
In the era of restructuring and modernization of electric utilities, the application of GIS technology in the power industry is growing and covering several technical and management activities. The integration of GIS with existing power analysis tools is improving planning and operation of the system. Reactive power compensation (RPC) has been a major tool to reduce system losses and to improve voltage levels that are still the major requirements in system design and operation. This paper proposes integration of GIS with matlab software for solving RPC problems. This software will generate different scenarios of compensators' allocations based on technical and economical considerations proposed by the utility engineers. The integration will enhance the ability to visually identify spatial compensators' allocation and network parameters for different scenarios, thus facilitating the decision making process. This paper will highlight the application of GIS in the Lebanese Electric Utility (GISEL project) with a special emphasis on GIS-RPC integration and justification.
Mounir Yehia
American University of Beirut
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