The Problem
Lamoni is a growing community of 2,300 people in southern Iowa that is served by a municipal utility providing electricity, gas and water to the community. Lamoni would like to work with a team of students to help the utility choose the most costeffective way to upgrade its distribution system to the east, and also the most costeffective way to loop a distribution feeder that is currently providing radial service. Among the design elements are: route selection, lack of breaker space in the substation, moving breakers, switching voltage on existing feeders, and possible consideration of incorporating some smart grid elements into the design of the updated system. Lamoni will provide oneline diagrams of current feeder configurations, data on power flows, design specifications of existing system and telephone support for questions from students.
Objective
Lamoni is powered by a substation rated for 10MW. A feeder from the substation sends power out to the east end of Lamoni and is becoming overloaded. To relieve this issue, an underground radial line will be routed to help distribute power along with an existing overhead line. If the underground cable can support the full load, the overhead line will be removed. The power line specifications and load data will be supplied by the Municipality for us to verify that the lines will be able to support the full load through a power flow analysis. The project team will also need to locate a viable route for the new underground radial line.
Lamoni is a growing community of 2,300 people in southern Iowa that is served by a municipal utility providing electricity, gas and water to the community. Lamoni would like to work with a team of students to help the utility choose the most costeffective way to upgrade its distribution system to the east, and also the most costeffective way to loop a distribution feeder that is currently providing radial service. Among the design elements are: route selection, lack of breaker space in the substation, moving breakers, switching voltage on existing feeders, and possible consideration of incorporating some smart grid elements into the design of the updated system. Lamoni will provide oneline diagrams of current feeder configurations, data on power flows, design specifications of existing system and telephone support for questions from students.
Objective
Lamoni is powered by a substation rated for 10MW. A feeder from the substation sends power out to the east end of Lamoni and is becoming overloaded. To relieve this issue, an underground radial line will be routed to help distribute power along with an existing overhead line. If the underground cable can support the full load, the overhead line will be removed. The power line specifications and load data will be supplied by the Municipality for us to verify that the lines will be able to support the full load through a power flow analysis. The project team will also need to locate a viable route for the new underground radial line.