Fault detection and location on electrical distribution system

Author

Lampley, Glenn C.

Author_Institution

CP&L - A Progress Energy Co., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

This case study summarizes the efforts undertaken at CP and L-A Progress Energy Company over the past five years to improve distribution reliability via detection of distribution faults and determination of their location. The analysis methods used by CP and L have changed over the years as improvements were made to the various tools used. The tools used to analyze distribution faults included a feeder monitoring system (FMS), an automated outage management system (OMS), a distribution SCADA system (DSCADA), and several Excel spreadsheet applications. The latest fault detection system involves an integration of FMS, OMS, and DSCADA systems to provide distribution dispatchers with a graphical display of possible locations for faults that have locked out feeder circuit breakers

Keywords

SCADA systems; fault location; power distribution faults; power distribution reliability; power system measurement; DSCADA; Excel spreadsheet; automated outage management system; case study; distribution SCADA system; distribution faults; distribution reliability improvement; electrical distribution system; fault detection; fault location; feeder monitoring system; graphical display; locked out feeder circuit breakers; Automation; Circuit faults; Computational Intelligence Society; Computer aided software engineering; Computerized monitoring; Databases; Electrical fault detection; Flexible manufacturing systems; SCADA systems; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rural Electric Power Conference, 2002. 2002 IEEE

Conference_Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7470-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2002.1002288

Filename

1002288