Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00794, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Hooshyar, Ali (York University)|Hooshyar, Ali (Université York), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Despite recent advances in power system protection technologies over the last decade, existing protective_x000D_
relays still operate only after a fault disrupts the healthy operation of a power system component. Therefore, the_x000D_
protection technology has remained reactive in nature. This approach has a limit for reducing the outage time_x000D_
and increasing the reliability of the grid. This project through a partnership between Professor Ali Hooshyar_x000D_
and partner organization, Hyperion Sensors, will attempt to fundamentally change this approach and develop_x000D_
protection technologies that predict a future failure in a power system component, e.g., an underground cable or_x000D_
a transformer winding. Therefore, the necessary maintenance to remove the root cause of that fault can be_x000D_
carried out before the end users experience power outage. The technique adopted by Hyperion Sensors to_x000D_
implement this approach is based on distributed measurement of mechanical quantities (such as, temperature_x000D_
and pressure) using a network of optical fibre. The optical fibre is distributed spatially alongside different parts_x000D_
of the power equipment, and operates both as the sensor and the communication medium to transfer the_x000D_
measured quantities. The optical fibre can measure, e.g., temperature through a variety of principles, such as_x000D_
Brillouin principle._x000D_
The challenges that are to be met for the realization of this technology are (i) identifying the appropriate_x000D_
mechanical quantity measured by the optical fibre, and (ii) finding the patterns in the measured quantities that_x000D_
can be used to predict a future failure. Hyperion Sensors is acquiring its first set of temperature measurements_x000D_
for an underground cable. The company will provide the data to the applicant to investigate different_x000D_
waveshape recognition and artificial intelligence techniques that can be used to address the above challenges._x000D_
These techniques will be implemented in the protective device developed by Hyperion Sensors. Such a_x000D_
protective device will reduce the outage time and increase the reliability of the power grid., program purpose french : Despite recent advances in power system protection technologies over the last decade, existing protective_x000D_
relays still operate only after a fault disrupts the healthy operation of a power system component. Therefore, the_x000D_
protection technology has remained reactive in nature. This approach has a limit for reducing the outage time_x000D_
and increasing the reliability of the grid. This project through a partnership between Professor Ali Hooshyar_x000D_
and partner organization, Hyperion Sensors, will attempt to fundamentally change this approach and develop_x000D_
protection technologies that predict a future failure in a power system component, e.g., an underground cable or_x000D_
a transformer winding. Therefore, the necessary maintenance to remove the root cause of that fault can be_x000D_
carried out before the end users experience power outage. The technique adopted by Hyperion Sensors to_x000D_
implement this approach is based on distributed measurement of mechanical quantities (such as, temperature_x000D_
and pressure) using a network of optical fibre. The optical fibre is distributed spatially alongside different parts_x000D_
of the power equipment, and operates both as the sensor and the communication medium to transfer the_x000D_
measured quantities. The optical fibre can measure, e.g., temperature through a variety of principles, such as_x000D_
Brillouin principle._x000D_
The challenges that are to be met for the realization of this technology are (i) identifying the appropriate_x000D_
mechanical quantity measured by the optical fibre, and (ii) finding the patterns in the measured quantities that_x000D_
can be used to predict a future failure. Hyperion Sensors is acquiring its first set of temperature measurements_x000D_
for an underground cable. The company will provide the data to the applicant to investigate different_x000D_
waveshape recognition and artificial intelligence techniques that can be used to address the above challenges._x000D_
These techniques will be implemented in the protective device developed by Hyperion Sensors. Such a_x000D_
protective device will reduce the outage time and increase the reliability of the power grid., agreement title english : Failure prediction in power system components, agreement title french : Failure prediction in power system components, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada