Remote Indicating Fault Passage Indicators

Apr 2013

Electricity Distribution

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Status: Live

Start Date: Apr 2013

End Date: Unknown

Funding Licencee(s): Northern Powergrid

Contact: Chris Goodhand, Innovation Manager (01977 605641)

Funding Mechanism Innovation Funding Incentive

Research Area: None

Core Technology(ies): Comms & IT

Estimated Expenditure: £186,179.00

Introduction: Trial installation of remote indicating fault passage indicators including the development of an interface between the management software and the main NMS control system.

Objectives: Fully prove the operation of a new type of fault passage indicator that signals (via commercial GSM/GPRS cellular communications) the presence of overhead line faults to a central location. Develop an interface between the receiving software and the main NMS control system to ensure control engineers are presented with all available fault information in a coherent way.