DocumentCode
3251922
Title
Global Positioning System applications at the Bonneville Power Administration
Author
Street, Michael A. ; Thurein, Ingo P. ; Martin, Kenneth E.
Author_Institution
Bonneville Power Adm., Portland, OR, USA
fYear
1995
fDate
10-12 Oct 1995
Firstpage
244
Lastpage
251
Abstract
The authors describe how the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has used the precise timing feature of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to enhance power system performance and reliability. The BPA Traveling Wave Fault Locator System and the BPA Phasor Measurement System both employ GPS timing
Keywords
Global Positioning System; electricity supply industry; fault location; power system measurement; power system reliability; timing; Bonneville Power Administration; GPS timing; Global Positioning System; USA; electric utilities; phasor measurement system; power system performance; reliability; timing precision; traveling wave fault locator system; Fault location; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Power system faults; Power system measurements; Power system reliability; Satellites; Time measurement; Timing; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Northcon 95. I EEE Technical Applications Conference and Workshops Northcon95
Conference_Location
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2639-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NORTHC.1995.487042
Filename
487042
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