EXPERIMENTAL QUANTIFICATION AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LOAD UNBALANCE ON LOW-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS: A CASE STUDY OF MBANZA-NGUNGU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Load unbalance in low-voltage (LV) distribution networks is a major cause of transformer degradation and technical losses, yet it remains under-documented in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study presents an experimental quantification of load unbalance on three 630 kVA distribution transformers (Yukula, Offitra, and Hôpital)...