Comparison of fault management applications in French and Finnish distribution control centers

This paper compares two systems providing advanced functions for real-time management of power distribution networks developed in Finland and in France. The overall aim of these systems is to minimize the operational costs (e.g. power losses, outage costs) subject to the technical constraints (e.g. voltage level, thermal limits). These are to be integrated with a supervision control acquisition system (SCADA) and heterogeneous databases such as network and geographical information systems (AM/FM/GIS). In this paper, the authors briefly introduce both systems and discuss their similarities and differences in more detail. The main focus is on the systems´ connection to SCADA and fault management functions but both systems provide other functionalities beyond the scope of the present paper