Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation Houses
A procedure for improving the energy, economic and environmental sustainability of the transformation houses in low-voltage distribution networks is described in this paper. This procedure is based on the reduction of the transformer consumption, copper and core losses. Likewise, the procedure disti...
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| author | Vicente León-Martínez Elisa Peñalvo-López Clara Andrada-Monrós Jorge Cano-Martínez Amparo León-Vinet Laura Molina-Cañamero |
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| description | A procedure for improving the energy, economic and environmental sustainability of the transformation houses in low-voltage distribution networks is described in this paper. This procedure is based on the reduction of the transformer consumption, copper and core losses. Likewise, the procedure distinguishes between transformation houses with old and new transformers. The reduction of core losses, replacing transformers with others of lower power or that are more efficient, achieves significant improvements in energy and environmental aspects. The reduction of copper losses, and applying reactive compensation techniques, such as harmonic filtering and load balancing, applied in old and new transformation houses, have a greater impact on cost savings, especially when there are capacitive consumptions, as the Circular 3/2020 of the National Markets and Competition Commission of Spain determines. The procedure has been applied to an industrial transformation house, which has an old 1600 kVA transformer, resulting in significant economic savings and CO<sub>2</sub> reductions of more than 60%, after replacing the current transformer with a more efficient one. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-050ec3fb484f4a9ebe36c8463306ba692023-11-23T07:45:44ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-04-01129420410.3390/app12094204Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation HousesVicente León-Martínez0Elisa Peñalvo-López1Clara Andrada-Monrós2Jorge Cano-Martínez3Amparo León-Vinet4Laura Molina-Cañamero5Institute for Energy Engieneering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainInstitute for Energy Engieneering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainInstitute for Energy Engieneering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainInstitute for Energy Engieneering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainInstitute for Energy Engieneering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainInstitute for Energy Engieneering, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, SpainA procedure for improving the energy, economic and environmental sustainability of the transformation houses in low-voltage distribution networks is described in this paper. This procedure is based on the reduction of the transformer consumption, copper and core losses. Likewise, the procedure distinguishes between transformation houses with old and new transformers. The reduction of core losses, replacing transformers with others of lower power or that are more efficient, achieves significant improvements in energy and environmental aspects. The reduction of copper losses, and applying reactive compensation techniques, such as harmonic filtering and load balancing, applied in old and new transformation houses, have a greater impact on cost savings, especially when there are capacitive consumptions, as the Circular 3/2020 of the National Markets and Competition Commission of Spain determines. The procedure has been applied to an industrial transformation house, which has an old 1600 kVA transformer, resulting in significant economic savings and CO<sub>2</sub> reductions of more than 60%, after replacing the current transformer with a more efficient one.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/9/4204distribution transformerscopper lossescore lossesefficient transformerscapacitive penalizationsenvironmental assessment |
| spellingShingle | Vicente León-Martínez Elisa Peñalvo-López Clara Andrada-Monrós Jorge Cano-Martínez Amparo León-Vinet Laura Molina-Cañamero Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation Houses Applied Sciences distribution transformers copper losses core losses efficient transformers capacitive penalizations environmental assessment |
| title | Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation Houses |
| title_full | Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation Houses |
| title_fullStr | Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation Houses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation Houses |
| title_short | Procedure for Improving the Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Transformation Houses |
| title_sort | procedure for improving the energy environmental and economic sustainability of transformation houses |
| topic | distribution transformers copper losses core losses efficient transformers capacitive penalizations environmental assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/9/4204 |
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