Patent ID: 6341054
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: H02H

Abstract:
A control system for an intelligent power distribution network including multiple branches, each of which is connected to a power source, electrical devices connected to the branches, and a normally-open device connected between two or more branches, the control system comprising:control elements, each control element being associated with an electrical device connected to a branch of the distribution network; and a master control element associated with the normally-open device, the master control element communicating with the control elements and, when a fault occurs on the distribution network: preventing the normally-open device from closing when information from the control elements indicate that conditions potentially disruptive to the distribution network would occur if the normally-open device were closed, and permitting the normally-open device to close when information from the control elements indicate that conditions potentially disruptive to the distribution network would be avoided if the normally-open device were closed.