ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF POWER OUTAGES ON COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS (A CASE STUDY OF COLDROOMS CONSUMERS AT TRANS-AMADI AREA, PORT- HARCORT)

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dc.contributor.authorNKEMDIRIM, Ikechukwu Yagazie
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-17T07:51:28Z
dc.date.available2015-03-17T07:51:28Z
dc.date.issued2014-04
dc.descriptionA PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA. APRIL, 2014.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe effects of electric power interruptions resulting from severe power outages were investigated and analyzed using five cold rooms as a case study. Two approaches have been developed and used. One is based on customers‘ survey that mainly investigates the preparatory actions that a customer may take to reduce the effect of outages. The other one is based on a mathematical model using standard deviation as a measure of dispersion. The spearman‘s correlation factor with the aid of visual basic program was used to X-ray the cost implication involved in running these cold rooms with the utilization of power supply from PHCN to be more economical than powering from individual power generating sets. Furthermore the regression cost analysis showed that cold room 1, cold room 2, cold room 3, cold room 4, and cold room 5 have a spearman correlation factor of 40.04%, 41.93%, 39.16%, 31.97% and 31.09% respectively, which shows how expensive the use of private power source over using PHCN, while the frequency distribution of power outages stood at a standard deviation of 3.78.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://kubanni.abu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6232
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectPOWER OUTAGES,en_US
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL,en_US
dc.subjectCONSUMERS,en_US
dc.subjectCOLDROOMS,en_US
dc.subjectTRANS-AMADI,en_US
dc.subjectCONSUMERSen_US
dc.subjectAREA, PORT- HARCORTen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF POWER OUTAGES ON COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS (A CASE STUDY OF COLDROOMS CONSUMERS AT TRANS-AMADI AREA, PORT- HARCORT)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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