Title :
Computerized underground cable fault location expertise
Author :
Bascom, E.C., III. ; Von Dollen, D.W. ; Ng, H.W.
Author_Institution :
Power Technol. Inc., Schenectady, NY, USA
Abstract :
Power Technologies, Inc. (PTI) developed an expert system and on-line advisor for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The system, FAULT, provides guidance for field crews to diagnose a cable failure, recommend applicable fault location techniques, and trouble-shoot resulting difficulties which occur during the process of locating underground cable faults on transmission and distribution cable systems. The fault location methods which were identified during development of the expert system are presented in this paper, along with utility statistics from a survey on underground cable fault location
Keywords :
diagnostic expert systems; fault location; power cables; power engineering computing; power transmission lines; underground cables; underground distribution systems; underground transmission systems; EPRI; Electric Power Research Institute; FAULT; Power Technologies; cable failure diagnosis; computerized underground cable fault location; distribution cable systems; expert system; on-line advisor; transmission cable systems; trouble-shooting; Circuit faults; Computer industry; Diagnostic expert systems; Distributed computing; Expert systems; Fault diagnosis; Fault location; Power cables; Statistical distributions; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Power Engineering Society
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1883-8
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.1994.328403
