A multiprocessor for transient event detection

Author

Khan, Umair A. ; Leeb, Steven B. ; Lee, Mark C.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. & Electron. Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

60

Abstract

The multiscale transient event detector (TED) introduced by Leeb (1993) uses measurements of current and voltage made at the electric utility service entry of a building to help determine the operating schedule of all of the significant loads in the building. This paper describes a TED algorithm implemented on a custom multiprocessing machine with several inexpensive processors performing tasks in parallel. A parallel version of the serial TED algorithm is developed, and the hardware design for a multiprocessing TED is presented. The performance of the algorithm is illustrated with results from a prototype

Keywords

building wiring; computerised monitoring; distribution networks; load (electric); multiprocessing systems; parallel algorithms; power system measurement; power system transients; building distribution systems; building loads; calculation performance; computer simulation; electric utility service entry; hardware design; multiprocessing machine; multiprocessor; transient event detection algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Buildings; Current measurement; Detectors; Electric variables measurement; Event detection; Hardware; Power industry; Processor scheduling; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.568225

Filename

568225