System Description and Operation

The system spatially maps the concession distribution circuit and land base data and records as well corresponding tabular attribute information. The system interfaces with the existing Customer Information System and Billing Information System to maintain databases interrelation and provides an Arabic interface to display customers’ names in Arabic.

The system applications were developed in close coordination with EDZ utility engineers to meet and serve the daily operational and maintenance needs of EDZ.
One of the main system functions is to compute energy losses values on the distribution network. In other words it allows the utility to calculate technical and non-technical losses based on installed meters’ readings at different levels of the network, as a result monitor energy flow.
The Miner and Miner product provides analysis of the distribution network operation and planning activities. Embedded is a power flow module that enables actual transformer loading based on real meter readings and accordingly calculates the different electric parameters basically voltage, current, power factor, etc…. The software provides as well a design module that allows the functionalities of simulating the addition/modification of load, feeder segments, open points, capacitor banks, etc… therefore; any needed change to the network is first simulated, appropriately studied and put into later implementation according to planned design.
The system also allows the automation of the most frequently required statistics meeting management needs. Basic functions address consumptions and inscriptions with their relative values at different energy levels, their variation along history and differentiate as well between their various usage types.
The consistency and integration of the system electric and land base data is maintained by a specially implemented Quality Assurance/Quality Check (QA/QC) module that preserves electrical consistency through the verification of lines connectivity, relative devices location as well as correct attributes assignment.
In addition, standard map production is completely automated to provide easy and quick plots generation in standard or user-defined scale over regular paper sizes.