Systems and methods for electrical fault restoration
View Patent ↗Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for providing electrical fault restoration. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method can include sectioning a de-energized region into two or more de-energized areas; simulating opening or closing of one or more circuit switches associated with the two or more de-energized areas; compiling a listing of simulated energized areas and simulated de-energized areas, based on the simulated opening or closing of the one or more circuit switches; evaluating the listing of simulated energized areas and simulated de-energized areas, based at least in part on one or more configurable strategy modules; and generating a restoration plan based at least in part on the evaluation.
1. A method comprising:
sectioning a de-energized region into two or more de-energized areas, wherein the sectioning comprises a consideration of a multiplicity of restoration techniques;
prioritizing restoration of the de-energized areas based at least in part on revenue, customer profiles, length of outage, available power source ratings, and switch ratings;
simulating opening or closing of one or more circuit switches associated with the two or more de-energized areas;
compiling a listing of simulated energized areas and simulated de-energized areas, based on the simulated opening or closing of the one or more circuit switches;
evaluating the listing of simulated energized areas and simulated de-energized areas, based at least in part on one or more configurable strategy modules; and
generating a restoration plan based at least in part on the evaluation.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a switching state associated with one or more switches.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein evaluating the listing of simulated energized areas comprises a sequential transformation of the listing by the one or more configurable strategy modules.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transformation comprises an operation having an input comprising a listing of simulated energized areas, a listing of simulated de-energized areas, and an optimization metric.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two or more de-energized areas comprise at least one isolation switch and zero or more tie switches.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the zero or more tie switches are operable for connecting to an alternative power source.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the simulated energized areas comprise at least one tie switch.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising minimizing the simulated de-energized areas based at least in part on the one or more metrics.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the restoration plan comprises zero or more energized areas each having one or more tie switches, and zero or more de-energized areas each one having zero or more tie switches.
10. A system comprising:
at least one memory for storing data and computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
sectioning a de-energized region into two or more de-energized areas, wherein the section is based at least in part on a multiplicity of restoration techniques;
prioritize restoration of the de-energized areas based at least in part on revenue, customer profiles, length of outage, available power source ratings, and switch ratings;
simulate opening or closing of one or more circuit switches associated with the two or more de-energized areas;
compile a listing of simulated energized areas and simulated de-energized areas, based on the simulated opening or closing of the one or more circuit switches;
evaluate the listing of simulated energized areas and simulated de-energized areas, based at least in part on one or more configurable strategy modules; and
generate an electrical network restoration plan based at least m part on the prioritization.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a switching state associated with one or more switches.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to evaluate the listing of simulated energized areas based at least in part on a sequential transformation of the listing by the one or more configurable strategy modules.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the transformation comprises an operation having an input comprising a listing of simulated energized areas, a listing of simulated de-energized areas, and an optimization metric.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the two or more de-energized areas comprise at least one isolation switch and zero or more tie switches.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the zero or more tie switches are operable for connecting to an alternative power source.
16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the simulated energized areas comprise at least one tie switch.
17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to minimize the simulated de-energized areas based at least in part on the one or more metrics.
18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the electrical network restoration plan comprises zero or more energized areas each having one or more tie switches, and zero or more de-energized areas each one having zero or more tie switches.