Abstract:
Method and apparatus for analyzing waveform signals of a power system. A waveform signal obtained from the power system is digitalized and then filtered. One or more segments are identified on the filtered waveform signal and, based on the information content of the identified segments, each of the one or more identified segments are classified as corresponding to a normal or abnormal condition occurred in the power system.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for power line event zone identification are disclosed. Power line event zone identification may include receiving measured data corresponding to a signal measured on a power line, determining from the measured data that a power line event has occurred, and identifying a probable one of at least two monitoring zones in which the power line event occurred. The at least two monitoring zones may be defined for an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED). The systems may include an IED connected to the power line and a processor linked to the IED.
Abstract:
A method and a protective device operable to perform the method are provided, wherein the method is for detecting and analyzing faults in a first cable and one or more other cables, which convey power in a three phase feeder system. Current magnitude in the first cable is compared to a threshold level. If the current magnitude exceeds the threshold level, the duration of the condition is measured. If the duration falls within a predetermined duration range, a predetermined time interval is allowed to pass and then a determination is made whether a fault is detected in the one or more other cables. If a fault is not detected in the one or more other cables, then a determination is made that a single phase fault has occurred in the feeder system.
Abstract:
Technologies for managing safety at an industrial site include a method. The method includes receiving, by a compute device in a cloud data center, condition data indicative of a sensed or determined condition at the industrial site. The condition data was produced at least in part by an edge device at the industrial site. The method also includes analyzing, by the compute device and with a model that associates conditions with corresponding safety statuses, the received condition data to determine a corresponding safety status associated with the industrial site. Further, the method includes determining, by the compute device and as a function of the determined safety status, whether a responsive action is to be performed at the industrial site. Additionally, the method includes sending, by the compute device, to the edge device at the industrial site and in response to a determination that a responsive action is to be performed at the industrial site, responsive data indicative of the responsive action to be performed.
Abstract:
An intelligent fuse provides the operational status of the power network upon whit the fuse is installed to a mobile device of a remote user. A fuse electronic circuit embedded in the fuse holder of the fuse captures the characteristic values of the power network and transmits the data to the mobile device. The mobile device ha an application installed thereon to calculate the distance to fault location from the recording fuse using the fuse electronic circuit-captured data. The fuse electronic circuit-captured data is further used to visualize the data collected at the measurement points of the electrical system upon which the fuse is installed.
Abstract:
Automatic reclosing of a fault interrupting device is overridden by establishing communication with a control system (104) for a fault interrupting device (106) operable to open responsive to a fault on an electric distribution system and automatically reclose after a predetermined time delay, and analyzing data for the electric distribution system by an apparatus separate from the fault interrupting device control system (104) and having higher performance than the fault interrupting device control system (104), to determine whether to block the automatic reclosing of the fault interrupting device (106) before the fault interrupting device (106) automatically recloses. An autoreclosing block command is generated by the apparatus if the apparatus determines the automatic reclosing of the fault interrupting device (106) should be blocked. The autoreclosing block command is sent from the apparatus to the fault interrupting device control system (104) to prevent the automatic reclosing of the fault interrupting device (106) after the predetermined time delay.
Abstract:
Technologies for managing safety at an industrial site include a method. The method includes receiving, by a compute device in a cloud data center, condition data indicative of a sensed or determined condition at the industrial site. The condition data was produced at least in part by an edge device at the industrial site. The method also includes analyzing, by the compute device and with a model that associates conditions with corresponding safety statuses, the received condition data to determine a corresponding safety status associated with the industrial site. Further, the method includes determining, by the compute device and as a function of the determined safety status, whether a responsive action is to be performed at the industrial site. Additionally, the method includes sending, by the compute device, to the edge device at the industrial site and in response to a determination that a responsive action is to be performed at the industrial site, responsive data indicative of the responsive action to be performed.
Abstract:
Technologies for solar power system performance model tuning are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a method of tuning a system performance model for a power plant may comprise estimating an expected output of an inverter of the power plant using the system performance model, obtaining a measured output of the inverter, determining whether a difference between the expected and measured inverter outputs is within a predefined range, and tuning the system performance model using the difference in response to determining that the difference is within the predefined range. The power plant may further comprise at least one solar panel array, and the inverter may be electrically coupled to the at least one solar panel array.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment of a power network device, the device includes a computer (108) configured to estimate a plurality of parameters internal to a transformer (102), including estimating a turns ratio of the transformer (102). The computer (108) performs the parameter estimation based on an equivalent circuit model of the transformer (102) and current and voltage samples which correspond to current and voltage measurements taken at primary side and secondary side terminals of the transformer (102). The computer (108) indicates when one or more of the estimated parameters deviates from a nominal value by more than a predetermined amount. The computer (108) can be part of an intelligent electronic device (104) configured to acquire analog or digital signals representing the primary side and secondary side current and voltage measurements, or located remotely from the intelligent electronic device (104) e.g. in the control room or substation controller.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for identifying faulted segment(s) in a multiphase power network may include receiving a current measurement that was measured during a fault, obtaining a set of equivalent sequence impedances for the segments, building a set of sequence bus impedance matrices, selecting a segment, calculating coefficients for the segment based on the set of equivalent sequence impedances for the segment and the sequence bus impedance matrices, calculating an estimated per unit fault distance for the segment based at least partially on the current measurement and the coefficients, identifying the segment as a potentially faulted segment if the estimated fault distance for the segment is between about zero and about one, and repeating for each of the segments the calculating coefficients, calculating an estimated per unit fault distance, and identifying as a potentially faulted segment if the estimated fault distance for the segment is between about zero and about one.