Reliability and Improvement of Electric Power Generation and Distribution (Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria as a Case Study)
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2016-06
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CARD International Journal of Engineering and Emerging Scientific Discovery
Abstract
The present unreliable and erratic power supply is a pointer to the fact that there is a
great need for fault evaluation and reliability studies of electric power system in the
Nigeria. The recent blackout in the country has grounded many activities and has
destroyed many industrial processes. Also, the power industries face a lot of
problems. Some of the highest priority issues being generation of sufficient power,
urgent clearance of faults, adequate protection and increase reliability of the system,
that is, bringing a steady uninterrupted power supply to the consumers. The
Nigerian power problem resulted to incessant planned, forced and unplanned
outages. In addition, it has resulted to erratic and unreliable supply of electricity in
the country. It has reduced productivity and has increased unemployment rate in the
country to over 40million (this figure is over 70% of Nigerian youths. It has led many
of the youths in the country to crime. It has led many of the deaths of many innocent
people in the country. Hence, an analytical method is developed to assess the
dynamic- reliability of the distribution system, as well as optimizes the occurrence of
faults along each of the individual consumer point in a feeder in order to improve the
performance of the system. This research publication therefore evaluates the
occurrence of faults which is about 856 occurrences during a period of 8 years and
outages which range between 1118 to 3785 hours per annum along the distribution
lines, also the failure rates of each of the feeders were analyzed in order to improve on
the supply of electricity in the distribution network. The reliability of the system
which ranges between 8.57*10-12to 9.548*10-5 were analyzed; and fault clearing
techniques were carried out. Efforts were made to adequately assess the failure rates
of the feeders which range between 0.003 and 0.001 and reliability of the distribution
system. Efforts were also made to improve the performance of the system. As a
result, it was possible to establish improvement techniques which ensure adequate
and constant supply of electricity to all the consumers for industrial growth and
employment: a basic solution to increasing crime rate in the country.
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Fault Evaluation, Power Distribution Network, Reliability, Failure Rates, Outages
Citation
Oshin, O. A. Reliability and Improvement of Electric Power Generation and Distribution (Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria as a Case Study).