Patent ID: 9048664
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G01R,H02J,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage memory having computer readable instructions tangibly embodied thereon which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out a plurality of method steps comprising: identifying an end-to-end passage rate from a source to each of multiple receiver meters and/or load meters in a smart grid based on a time series of end-to-end power-flow measurements for common time intervals at the source and each of the multiple receiver meters and/or load meters in the smart grid; estimating a loss rate of each of multiple intermediate links of the smart grid between the source and each of the multiple receiver meters and/or load meters without utilization of measurements at the multiple intermediate links by identifying the sparsest solution of link loss rates that matches the end-to-end passage rates; and localizing a faulty link among the multiple intermediate links of the smart grid between the source and each of the multiple receiver meters and/or load meters based on a comparison of the estimated loss rate of each of the multiple links to an expected loss rate for each of the multiple intermediate links determined based on (i) materials used in the smart grid, (ii) distance of each of the multiple receiver meters and/or load meters from the source, (iii) topology of the smart grid, (iv) ambient conditions associated with the smart grid, and (v) measurements of loads and supply associated with the smart grid.