Planning of electricity distribution systems based on geographical information systems (GIS)

ABSTRACT PLANNING of ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS BASED on GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) VELİO?LU, Ali M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Faruk GEYİK January 2005, 100 pages This thesis represents a GIS (Geographic Information System) application in planning of electricity distribution systems. Problems in the planning and operating stages of the electricity distribution network are investigated and analyzed. The electricity distribution network is considered to integrate with GIS technology. The electricity distribution network model for the city is established with GIS and GPS (Global Positioning System) support. The digital map of the electricity distribution network is produced by Maplnfo® and then end-user software tools are developed by using MapBasic® software's. To facilitate an electrical analysis, calculation tools (Voltage Drop Analysis - Power Loss Analysis), printing and a lot of reporting tools (find-subscriber, find-transformer, etc.) are developed. By the application, the current electricity distribution network of Gaziantep is transferred to a digital environment and it is used for the planning and operating of the network. In this study, each stage of the application is explained and shown with examples. Keywords: Electricity Distribution Systems, Electricity Distribution Planning, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) m