Improving the efficiency of electricity consumption in changing power quality conditions

This study is devoted to the analysis of existing electrical network operating modes that provide power to various groups of consumers. It is established that the different nature of power consumption leads to a significant change in the standards of the power quality, the violation of which is accompanied by significant energy costs and violates the conditions of technical means electromagnetic compatibility in a single electromagnetic environment. A new technical means of minimizing these violations consequences is proposed. Methods and software tools have been developed for calculating the power quality indicators in the absence and use of means to minimize these distortions. Simulation modeling of the developed technical means influence on the quality norms of electric energy and energy losses in a real operating low-voltage electric network feeding a gas station located in rural areas ispresented. The efficiency of the proposed technical solution is analyzed.