Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

David E Whitehead

Edmund O Schweitzer, Iii

Krishnanjan Gubba Ravikumar

Tony J Lee

Austin Edward Wade

Bogdan Zdzislaw Kasztenny

Veselin Skendzic

Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam

Armando Guzman-Casillas

Gregary C Zweigle

Shankar V Achanta

David J Casebolt

Henry Loehner

Normann Fischer

Robert E Morris

Jeffrey B Roberts

Cody W Tews

Lisa Gayle Nelms

Tracey G Windley

Zachary King Sheffield

Bruce A Hall

Michael B Bryson

Sean D Robertson

Marcos A Donolo

Rhett Smith

Daqing Hou

Timothy M Minteer

Francis J Cooper

Srinivas Achanta

Julian M Alzate

Allen D Risley

Mark Weber

Brian R Clark

Edmund A Schweitzer

David Schmidt

Dallas J Jacobsen

Kelsey M Loughlin

Jean M Leon Eternod

Taylor Joseph Blanc

Ronald A Schwartz

Systems and methods to test an electric power delivery system include a communication subsystem to transmit test signals to one or more merging units, a test subsystem to transmit a test data stream to the one or more merging units via the communication subsystem, and a processor subsystem to receive looped back data from the one or more merging unit in response to the transmitted test data stream and to determine an operating condition based on the looped back data.

Loopback testing of electric power protection systems

A testing apparatus for imposing a traveling wave signal on an electric system signal for testing a fault detector is disclosed herein. The fault detector may be configured to simulate a fault at a particular location by controlling the timing of the traveling wave signal. The testing apparatus may be configured to impose multiple traveling wave signals to test the accuracy of the fault location determined by the fault detector. The testing apparatus may be configured to determine the calculation accuracy of the fault detector. The testing apparatus may impose a traveling wave signal on a signal simulating an electrical signal on an electric power delivery system. The testing apparatus may be used to test capabilities of a fault detector of detecting a fault using traveling waves or incremental quantities.

Testing system for traveling wave fault detectors

Primary protection relays and an integrator disclosed for providing primary protection and secondary applications for an electric power delivery system. The primary protection relays obtain signals from, and provide primary protection operations for the power system, and may operate independently from the integrator. An integrator receives signals and status communications from the primary protection relays to perform secondary applications for the electric power delivery system. The secondary applications may include backup protection, system protection, interconnected protection, and automation functions.

Primary and system protection for an electric power delivery system

The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for monitoring electrical arc events in an electric power system. In one embodiment, a system may comprise an arc flash detection (AFD) unit to detect electromagnetic radiation generated by an electrical arc event, a primary protection relay to generate measurements of an electric current, and an integrator. In various embodiments, the integrator may comprise a communication port to receive the detection of the electrical arc event and the measurements of the electric current. The integrator may also comprise a processing subsystem to validate the detection of the electrical arc and generate protective actions to interrupt the flow of the current to the electrical arc event.

Electrical arc event detection in an electric power system

Systems and methods for testing a protection relay, such as a primary bus protection relay, may include a testing device for providing current signals imitating current on both sides of a bus to the primary bus protection relay. The signals may be provided using signals corresponding with a signal format from merging units or other monitoring devices. The testing device may be configured to receive communications from the primary bus protection relay for evaluation of the operation of the primary bus protection relay.

Testing device for protective relays in electric power delivery systems

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for creating a data tunnel to communicate test data in a test configuration in an electric power system. In one embodiment, a remote unit may include a monitored equipment interface to receive information representative of a condition in the electric power system from a test set and a first test data port to communicate test data through the data tunnel in the test configuration. The remote unit may use a first communication subsystem to generate and transmit a stream of data packets comprising information from the monitored equipment interface and information from the first test data port to be routed through the data tunnel. A protection system may receive the stream of data packets from the first communication subsystem and separate information from the monitored equipment interface and information from the test data routed through the data tunnel.

Data tunneling for testing equipment in electric power system

Systems and methods including improving availability of protection of an electric power delivery system even upon unavailability of power system signals. Such protection relays may provide protection using signals from the power system and provide the signals to an integrator or another device. Upon unavailability of power system signals to a protection relay, the integrator sends substitute power system signals may be provided to the protection relay. The protection relay may continue to provide protection using the substitute power system signals.

Electric power system transducer failure monitor and measurement recovery

The present disclosure pertains to devices, systems, and methods for monitoring an electric power system. In one embodiment, a system may detect a failure in an electric power system. The system may include a communication interface to receive a first indication related to a condition in the electric power system, and a second indication related to the condition. The system may also include a test subsystem to compare the first indication to the second indication and to determine a discrepancy between the first indication and the second indication. A diagnostic subsystem may identify the failure based on the discrepancy between the first indication and the second indication. An alert subsystem may generate an alert based on the failure.

Equipment failure detection in an electric power system

Systems and methods may maintain protection of electric power delivery systems in the event of an attack on protection and/or control features of the power system. Primary protective functions may be physically isolated from other functions in primary protection relays. Integrators may facilitate non-primary protection functions and disconnect all communication with primary protection relays in the event of an attack. Primary protection relays maintain protection functions even during the attack or unavailability of the integrators.

Secure electric power delivery system protection during cyber threats

Calculation of a value of energy passing a point of an electric power delivery system, and price associated with the value is disclosed herein. Use of energy packets according with the embodiments of this disclosure more accurately represents the amount of energy produced and consumed by equipment. Energy packets may be calculated over one or more phases, over configurable time periods. Energy packets may be used in conjunction with a monetary rate to calculate the price for billing an energy consumer or crediting an energy producer.

Electric power system pricing with energy packets

Systems and methods testing a power protection relay include a merging unit to receive signals from an electric power delivery system. The merging unit includes a test signal input to receive test signals from a testing device, a relay output to output at least one of the test signals to a power protection relay, a distribution output to output at least another of the test signals to one or more additional merging units, and a switch subsystem to route the test signal to the relay output or the distribution output.

Multiple merging unit testing system

An electric power delivery system may be protected upon occurrence of a fault condition by the systems and methods disclosed herein by detecting the fault condition and signaling a protective action before the overcurrent condition reaches the protective equipment. The protective action may be an opening of a circuit breaker or engagement of a fault current limiter. The overcurrent condition may be a non-steady-state condition. The fault may be detected using traveling wave or incremental quantity techniques.

Fault detection and protection during steady state using traveling waves

The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for generating a waterfall display to display a stream of high-speed data measurements. In one embodiment, a system may comprise a communication subsystem to receive a stream of high-speed data measurements. A waterfall generation subsystem may receive the stream of high-speed data measurements from the communication subsystem and identify a plurality of changes in the stream of high-speed data. A subset of data measurements may be selected that includes changes in the high-speed data. The changes may be highlighted through a plurality of modifications. A representation of the subset of data measurements in which changes are highlighted may be generated and presented at a rate below a perception threshold of a human operator. A waterfall display subsystem may generate a human-perceptible waterfall display to represent the stream of high-speed data measurements and the plurality of modifications.

Waterfall display for high-speed streaming measurements

Systems and methods for facilitating selected communications among primary protection relays using a supervisory system with a configurable input/output (IO) map. Primary protection relays may obtain signals from equipment associated with an electric power delivery system and provide primary protection without need for communication. The primary protection relays may communicate a unique identifier as well as signal values, states, and commands to the supervisory system. The supervisory system may route specifically identified communications among primary protection relays in accordance with a configurable IO map by transmitting selected portions of the communications on a port associated with the receiving primary protection relay. The primary protection relays may perform secondary protection and other operations using the communicated information.

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Pullman, WA, United States of America

David E Whitehead