The role of Advanced Distribution Automation in the Smart Grid

Author

Uluski, R.W.

Author_Institution

Quanta-Technol., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

25-29 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The Smart Grid is not just advanced metering. Electric distribution feeders that are equipped with Advanced Distribution Automation (ADA) can make a significant contribution to accomplishing the overall Smart Grid characteristics as defined by the Modern Grid Initiative. In particular, ADA will enable the distribution feeders to be self-healing and more efficient, and will also facilitate the implementation of distributed energy resources. This paper described the major ADA applications and provides a smart grid “scorecard” that shows the relationship between each function and the smart grid characteristics.

Keywords

power distribution control; smart power grids; ADA applications; advanced distribution automation; distributed energy resources; electric distribution feeders; modern grid initiative; smart grid characteristics; smart grid scorecard; Advanced Distribution Automation; Distribution Automation; Modern Grid Initiative; Optimal Network reconfiguration; Self Healing Distribution feeders; Smart Grid; Volt-VAR Control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6549-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2010.5590075

Filename

5590075