Thermal Modelling and Active Network Management

Apr 2013

Electricity Distribution

Reference: IFI 0513

Status: Live

Start Date: Apr 2013

End Date: Unknown

Funding Licencee(s): SP Energy Networks

Contact: SP Energy Networks Innovation

Funding Mechanism Innovation Funding Incentive

Research Area: None

Core Technology(ies): Comms & IT

Estimated Expenditure: £903,000.00

Introduction: A part funded project through the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Technology Programme (TP/4/EET/6/I/22088) that aims to optimise network design, operation and control by exploitation of dynamic circuit ratings.

Objectives: This project seeks to explore the potential benefits arising from:

Improved utilisation of power system assets through the use of real time knowledge of the thermal status of the power system
Development of an active controller to facilitate this exploitation and to balance those issues requiring action by operational staff and those that can be dealt with by machine intelligence.