Design of microgrid modeled distribution feeder through power audit recommendations

Energy saving is one of the major concerns in the present era. The project highlights the necessity of Power Audit in the residential feeders and the need of local MicroGrid design. The present study deals with Power Audit Analysis of 132 residential houses and 10 commercial buildings, connected to the 250 Kva distribution transformer feeders. The Detailed Power Audit is carried out for 10 houses connected to the feeder and preliminary audit is carried out for 122 houses. Recommendations are proposed further with Micro Grid for reducing the dependency of at least 20% loads of houses on Main Grid and for encouraging people to generate their own power. The suggested implementation tested with ETAP simulation and concluded with the improvement of energy efficiency of Residential houses and thereby reducing the energy wastage.