Hardware design for distributed MAS-based fault location in power distribution systems

Author

Ghorbani, M. Jawad ; Mohammadi, F. Doost ; Choudhry, M.A. ; Feliachi, A. ; Ashby, Derek A.

Author_Institution

Lane Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

27-31 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implementation of a Multi-Agent System (MAS) that provides a distributed algorithm for fault location and isolation in power distribution systems. The designed MAS locates and isolates the fault based on locally available information. Agents are implemented using power quality meters and rugged processors which communicate with MAS through serial and TCP/IP communication links. The system is intended for studying the fault location and isolation algorithm and analyzing the communication media performance.

Keywords

multi-agent systems; power distribution faults; power meters; transport protocols; TCP/IP communication links; distributed MAS; fault isolation; fault location; multi-agent system; power distribution systems; power quality meters; Circuit faults; Fault location; IP networks; Ports (Computers); Power distribution; Power quality; Fault location and isolation; Hardware implementation; Multi agent system; Power distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

National Harbor, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2014.6938829

Filename

6938829