Miles better fault location

May 2020

Electricity Distribution

Reference: NIA_UKPN0059

Status: Live

Start Date: May 2020

End Date: May 2023

Funding Licencee(s): UK Power Networks and South Eastern Power Networks

Contact: Kelvin Lee

Funding Mechanism Network Innovation Allowance

Research Area: ED - Network improvements and system operability

Core Technology(ies): Fault Management and LV & 11kV Networks

Estimated Expenditure: £1,838,000.00

Introduction: MILES is a system which aims to give a location of a fault along a feeder. It uses low voltage power quality sensors, voltage drop location algorithms and cloud computing to detect, locate and classify permanent and transient faults.

Objectives: We aim to determine the following:
1. Permanent fault location accuracy and efficiency
2. Transient fault detection accuracy and efficiency