00764nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002200018245008200040260003800122300001100160520046400171583001900635  a08.11.01 M963  aMunasinghe, Mohan  aEnergy efficiency : optimization of electric power distribution system losses  bWorld BankaWashington DCUSc1982  a145 p.  aOutlines procedures used to calculate voltage/loading losses on energy distribution systems.  Reviews methodologies for isolating technical losses; reducing losses to an economic level; and incorporating losses into the decision making process relative to design and operating criteria.  Summarizes case studies illustrating the above.  Includes detailed appendices which, inter alia, discuss, the economic benefits of reducing losses in distribution systems.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR