Electric Power Distribution Engineering, 4th Edition

6 Design Considerations of Secondary Systems

DOI: 10.1201/9781003129721-6

Egyptian Proverb: The worst things:

To be in bed and sleep not,

To want for one who comes not,

To try to please and please not.

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Notebooks, 1925

6.1 Introduction

A practical approach to power distribution systems should be based on the concept of “gathering” rather than “distributing” functions. This is because the size and locations of customer demands are determined by the customers themselves, who install various energy-consuming devices in different combinations and at their own preferred times. The distribution process starts with individual customers and loads and progresses through multiple gathering stages, where each stage encompasses ...