Technology survey report on electric power systems

摘要: This report presents an overview of the status today's power system technology and expectations for future development. It examines main areas system: supply demand, generation, energy storage, transmission lines, substations, operation, distribution, design, software, utility management. Combined cycle units are emerging as preferred generating source because their low capital cost high efficiency, particularly where gas is available. These can also be adapted to coal fueling through gasification minimize using oil a fuel utilize indigenous resources. Increased environmental concern giving impetus development fluidized bed technologies permit wider use electricity production. The points out that public concern, prices will limit nuclear only few developing countries. many years before new such cells or ocean thermal conversion could considered Finally, there considerable scope improving productivity computer automation in specific generation dispatch, distribution operation control optimization.