An Efficient Method for Rural Electronification Grid Design.
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2014-09
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European Scientific Institute
Abstract
This paper investigates the optimization of the electricity grid
network in rural community of Chegutu district, in Zimbabwe. The Kruskal’s
algorithm is used for the minimum spanning tree to carry out the
optimization process.The project seeks to find how a network with a number
of possible connections can have the least possible distance. The main
objective of the optimization procedure is to minimize the total distance of
the network connections, so as to minimize resources that are used when
carrying out projects. Rural Electrification Agency has been failing to meet
their targets for extension of the electricity grid network because of shortage
of resources and input capital, thus the researcher adopts the idea of network
optimization as a way of saving resources so that they can be used for other
projects. The researcher used the algorithm to carry out the manual
computation of the optimization process and also used C sharp programming
language to create a code that is able to minimize the total distance of the
network. In this dissertation the Kruskal’s algorithm has been translated into
a simple model that can be easily used to map distances between nodes and
vertices. The model presented in this dissertation help network service
providers such as electricity, telephone and information technology to
optimize their network resources so as to save money and resources for other
uses in the future. The optimisation process shows that a total of 74km of
11kV power line could be saved from the network.
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Minimum spanning tree, Electricity transmission line, Rural Electrification, optimisation
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Mhlanga, S., Nyakudya, R. , 2014. An Efficient Method for Rural Electronification Grid Design.. European Scientific Journal.10 (27): 80-94