Electric utility storm outage management
AssigneeABB Research Ltd.
InventorsDavid Lubkeman, Danny E. Julian, Martin Bass, J. Rafael Ochoa
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Abstract
Electric utility storm outage management is performed by determining an interconnection model of an electric utility power circuit, the power circuit comprising power circuit components, determining information indicative of weather susceptibility of the power circuit components, determining a weather prediction, and determining a predicted maintenance parameter based on the interconnection model, the weather susceptibility information, and the weather prediction.
Claims26
A method for electric utility storm outage management, the method comprising:
- providing an interconnection model for an electric utility power circuit that comprises power circuit components, the interconnection model including information about the layout of the power circuit and the interconnectivity of the power circuit components;
- providing a store of weather susceptibility information for the power circuit components for different weather conditions, wherein the weather susceptibility information for the power circuit components is different for different weather conditions;
- receiving a weather prediction;
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- determining a predicted maintenance parameter for the power circuit based on the interconnection model, the weather susceptibility information, and the weather prediction.
A system for electric utility storm outage management, the system comprising:
- a model data store containing an interconnection model for an electric utility power circuit that comprises power circuit components, the interconnection model including information about the layout of the power circuit and the interconnectivity of the power circuit components;
- an information data store containing weather susceptibility information for the power circuit components for different weather conditions, wherein the weather susceptibility information for the power circuit components is different for different weather conditions;
- a computing engine operable to receive a weather prediction and to access the model data store and the information data store, said computing engine being configured to determine a predicted maintenance parameter for the power circuit based on the interconnection model, the weather susceptibility information, and the weather prediction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.