Consultancy Services for Improving Stability and Reliability of Power Grid against Haze Phenomenon

Start Date: 2020

End Date: 2021

Client: Khuzestan Regional Electric Co. (KZREC)

Main Client: Khuzestan Regional Electric Co. (KZREC)

Location: Ahvaz– Khuzestan Province, Iran

Scope of Work:

• Studying the Haze phenomenon and it’s impacts on Electrical Industry
• Reviewing experience of Regional Electricity Companies and related knowledge in other countries
• Gathering other consultants and expert opinion ideas toward the haze phenomenon
• Participating in meetings with Khuzestan Regional Electric Co. and the other Regional Electric Co. by the similar climate
• Reviewing the whole existing solutions to deal with the phenomenon
• Sum up all related documents and issuing final report regarding to the mentioned problems and providing final solutions with respect to all technical, economic and social aspects.

Description:

The emerging phenomenon of dust haze has affected many Infrastructural industries during the past few years, and it has led to numerous problems for power grid such as transmission and sub-transmission lines and substations equipment as well.

These problems impress daily life by causing disturbance in electrification. Therefore, the issue should be considered from three aspects as bellow:

1. Recognizing dust nature and sources,
2. Identifying dust structures,
3. Making solutions,

Therefore, Tavanir Co. in charge of Iran Power Grid defined a national plan of improving stability and reliability of power grid against Haze Phenomenon and assigned Khuzestan Regional Electric Co. (KZREC) on behalf of Power Grid to perform it in collaboration with 5 Regional Electric Companies which are involved in Haze Phenomenon.

In this regard, and based on the valuable experiences of Monenco Iran, the consultancy services of the project was awarded to Monenco Iran.