Making a Smart Grid Case: Fault circuit indicators

Author

Vukojevic, A. ; Frey, P. ; Smith

Author_Institution

Baltimore Gas & Electr., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) started implementing distribution automation (DA) into its distribution system operations since early 2000. With the advances in communications and technology, the number of available DA applications has significantly increased. In order to improve the system reliability, BGE decided to utilize fault circuit indicators (FCIs) as part of its Smart Grid Pilot Program. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the optimization technique that has been developed in order to determine the optimal location for any desired number of fault circuit indicators on the six test feeders, and provide the expected CAIDI values, cost-benefit analysis and discounted cash flow analysis, in order to make a business case for the FCI implementation across the whole system.

Keywords

optimisation; power distribution faults; smart power grids; Baltimore Gas and Electric; CAIDI values; FCI implementation; cost-benefit analysis; discounted cash flow analysis; distribution automation; distribution system operations; fault circuit indicators; optimal location; optimization technique; smart grid case; smart grid pilot program; system reliability; test feeders; Circuit faults; Cost benefit analysis; Educational institutions; Genetic algorithms; Reliability; Sensors; Smart grids; DA; Distribution Automation; Fault Circuit Indicator; Genetic Algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672436

Filename

6672436