International Workshop on Power Systems Distribution, Planning and Operation, July, 1996, at Abidjan, Ivory Coast

这个讲习班将于1996年7月在科特迪瓦阿比让举行，由霍华德大学电气工程教授James Momoh博士与国家公用事业公司科特迪瓦电力公司总裁兼总干事d . M. Kroko博士合作组织。来自非洲英语国家和法语国家（加纳、尼日利亚、喀麦隆、科特迪瓦、埃塞俄比亚、塞内加尔、赞比亚和南非）以及美国各地从事电力分配工作的研究人员将确定技术问题和有效分配技术的经济/技术效益。非洲对配电系统的研究很少，而在美国，对这些领域的研究正成为一个优先事项。这次讲习班将向非洲与会者提供有关有效电力系统分配的现有工具和技术的第一手资料。它将帮助非洲工程师解决他们国家长期存在的配电系统问题；由此带来的可靠性提高将带来经济效益。这种交流将帮助美国的研究人员和工程师了解非洲国家的需求，以及他们用来解决电力系统问题的方法。以往有关主题的讲习班在美国和非洲参与者之间激发了大量后续合作活动。

This workshop, organized by Dr. James Momoh, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Howard University, in cooperation with Dr. D. M. Kroko, President and Director-General of Energie Electrique de la Cote d'Ivoire, the national utility company, will be held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in July 1996. Researchers from Anglophone and Francophone Africa, (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Senegal, Zambia, and South Africa), and across the US, working on electric power distribution, will identify technology issues and economical/technical benefits of effective distribution technology. Little research has been done in Africa on distribution systems, whereas, in the US, research in these areas is becoming a priority. This workshop will give the African participants first hand information on available tools and technology for efficient power system distribution. It will help African engineers to solve the perennial distribution system problems in their countries; the resulting increase in reliability would bring economic benefits. The interchange will help US researchers and engineers understand the needs of the African countries and the methodologies they are using to solve the power system problems. Previous workshops on related topics have stimulated a significant volume of follow-on collaborative activities among the US and African participants.