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Smart Grid: Intelligent fault monitoring 2013 FECA Meeting Frankie Fisher, GridSense . Introduction: . History of line fault monitoring Types of fault monitoring What are people doing today? Where does software fit? What will people be doing tomorrow? Questions.
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Smart Grid: Intelligent fault monitoring2013 FECA MeetingFrankie Fisher, GridSense
Introduction: • History of line fault monitoring • Types of fault monitoring • What are people doing today? • Where does software fit? • What will people be doing tomorrow? • Questions
History of line fault monitoring The first fault current indicators came on the market in 1946 developed by HorstmannGmbh (Germany). What else happened in 1946? • First computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert (USA) • First radar contact with moon • Australia beat New Zealand in cricket at 3:30pm on second day In the USA E.O Schweitzer Manufacturing Company introduced a product in the USA in 1948
How do fault indicators typically work? Complicated?
Types of fault indicators • Visual indication requiring manual reset • Flashing light indication (Strobe/LED) • Remote indicating fault indicators • Intelligent fault indicators • Intelligent line monitors