The economic crisis and the urban electric power curve demand

Authors

  • P. Lara Santillán Author
  • P. Zorzano Santamaría Author
  • M. Mendoza Villena Author
  • E. Zorzano Alba Author
  • E. García Garrido Author
  • L.A. Fernández Jiménez Author
  • A. Falces de Andrés Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj08.669

Abstract

The economic crisis is usually studied from

points of view of economic growth evolution, of employment

creation / loss, etc.

This paper is oriented from a technological perspective. In it,

the evolution of several of the most significant variables in the

load curve is studied, before and during the crisis of the Spanish

economy. So, the aim of this paper is to identify the economic

crisis throughout the analysis of the power curve demand of an

urban low voltage (LV) substation. The analysis is centred on

the most representative characteristics of the profiles which

have changed, comparing the load curve of days with similar

meteorological variables.

All the conclusions are extracted from the study of a real

database, generated from the measures taken by means of a

power quality analyzer, in a “representative” LV substation,

from the year 2000 until the present. The main conclusion is

that the economic crisis has been reflected in the power curve

demand.

Author Biographies

  • P. Lara Santillán

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    E.T.S.I.I., University of La Rioja

    C/ Luis de Ulloa 20, 26004 Logroño (Spain)

    Phone number:+34 941299491, e-mail: pedro.lara@unirioja.es

  • P. Zorzano Santamaría

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    E.T.S.I.I., University of La Rioja

    C/ Luis de Ulloa 20, 26004 Logroño (Spain)

    Phone number:+34 941299491

  • M. Mendoza Villena

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    E.T.S.I.I., University of La Rioja

    C/ Luis de Ulloa 20, 26004 Logroño (Spain)

    Phone number:+34 941299491

  • E. Zorzano Alba

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    E.T.S.I.I., University of La Rioja

    C/ Luis de Ulloa 20, 26004 Logroño (Spain)

    Phone number:+34 941299491

  • E. García Garrido

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    E.T.S.I.I., University of La Rioja

    C/ Luis de Ulloa 20, 26004 Logroño (Spain)

    Phone number:+34 941299491

  • L.A. Fernández Jiménez

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    E.T.S.I.I., University of La Rioja

    C/ Luis de Ulloa 20, 26004 Logroño (Spain)

    Phone number:+34 941299491

  • A. Falces de Andrés

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    E.T.S.I.I., University of La Rioja

    C/ Luis de Ulloa 20, 26004 Logroño (Spain)

    Phone number:+34 941299491

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Published

2024-01-24

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Articles