Long term design of electrical power distribution networks

Abstract

It is felt that the two-stage design approach may, for certain long-term design problems, provide a useful compromise between methods of exhaustive or intuitive search, and methods in which the problem is viewed purely in terms of the mathematics of optimisation.The first design study has given encouraging results, but a much more intensive investigation is required. Continued development is particularly necessary in the design phase of the program. It is recommended that this should be directed towards a study of future system growth, rather than retrospective studies.It is possible that the full potential of this approach to long -term design can only be fully realised in conjunction with a powerful "on- line" computing system incorporating good visual input /output facilities.