Iranian Engineers Find Way to Improve Efficiency, Durability of Smart Power Distribution Systems

They implemented a project titled "Analyzing and improving the durability of smart distribution systems using consumption and production management".

The growing demand for electricity and the increase of greenhouse gases on the one hand and the decrease of fossil fuels on the other hand have caused more use of scattered production sources in distribution networks.

This will positively affect in improving reliability, reducing greenhouse gases, reducing costs and preventing the construction of new large-scale power plants.

Transformers and cables are the most expensive elements of the distribution network and improving their durability is effective in increasing the efficiency and reliability of the network.

So, the durability of equipment in scattered power production plants is one of the challenges of distribution network managers.

Advancements in measurement and communication technologies have contributed to the promotion of smart distribution networks.

It is possible to reduce the pressure on equipment and significantly increase their durability without building new power plants while providing stable electricity and saving construction costs.

This issue will, in turn, increase durability and delay equipment replacement, bringing significant economic benefits.

Using existing tools in the network instead of creating new tools, high profitability, increasing the life of equipment, and subsequently the stability and reliability of the network are among the advantages of the system.

Easy implementation, reducing network losses and the cost of building power plants, and increasing the amount of energy produced are among the other advantages.

Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian has said over 57 percent of the country’s exports of technical-engineering services is done by the water and electricity sectors.

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