Temporal and Spatial Requirements for Optimized Fault Location

With technological advancements data availability in power systems is drastically increased. Intelligent electronic devices are capable of communicating recorded data. Data can be stored, easily interfaced from different access points and, intelligent techniques can be used for automated fault analysis. After summarizing obstacles in the current framework of fault location analysis, this paper will explore temporal and spatial aspects of available data. This leads to introducing implementation framework of automated optimized fault location that is capable of taking advantage of both the time and space aspects of data.