Title :
Global Positioning System applications at the Bonneville Power Administration
Author :
Street, Michael A. ; Thurein, Ingo P. ; Martin, Kenneth E.
Author_Institution :
Bonneville Power Adm., Portland, OR, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe how the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has used the precise timing feature of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to enhance power system performance and reliability. The BPA Traveling Wave Fault Locator System and the BPA Phasor Measurement System both employ GPS timing
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; electricity supply industry; fault location; power system measurement; power system reliability; timing; Bonneville Power Administration; GPS timing; Global Positioning System; USA; electric utilities; phasor measurement system; power system performance; reliability; timing precision; traveling wave fault locator system; Fault location; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Power system faults; Power system measurements; Power system reliability; Satellites; Time measurement; Timing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Northcon 95. I EEE Technical Applications Conference and Workshops Northcon95
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2639-3
DOI :
10.1109/NORTHC.1995.487042
