Electrical Distribution Industry - Long Term Load Forecast on Ilesha Road 11kV Feeder, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract:

This paper presents an investigative study on a selected 11 kV distribution feeder network in Akure township, Nigeria, aimed at evaluating power distribution problems and solution proposals for effective application of existing 11 kV feeders for power supply within Nigeria. Based on peak loads recorded on the feeder for 8 years a long term load forecast up to 2021 was carried out using “Trend’ and “Growth’ functions in Excel worksheet. These functions use Method of Least Squares. The peak network load is 8 MW and the expected load in 2021 is 14.5 MW (18.5 MVA at 0.8 power factor) after an exponential growth rate of 0.6 MW per annum. There is need to increase the rating of the power transformer feeding the feeder in order to enhance the security power supply to the network. Furthermore, the Power Company must provide standard input voltage (1.05x11 kV) to the network in order to normalize end-users voltage quality.

• Periodical: International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa (Volume 37)
• Pages: 52-61
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.37.52
• Online since: August 2018
• Authors: Patrick Taiwo Ogunboyo, Adegoke Oladipo Melodi
• Keywords: Distribution Feeders, Distribution Networks, Load Forecast, Power Transformer, Transformers

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