General Electric Company

Mingxiao Jiang

Ertugrul Berkcan

Charles Scott Sealing

William James Premerlani

Emad Andarawis Andarawis

Kenneth Brakeley Welles

Scott Charles Evans

Daniel White Sexton

Austars Raymond Schnore, Jr

Marc Robert Pearlman

Terry Michael Topka

Wendai Wang

Thomas F Papallo

Samantha Rao

Ramakrishna Rao

Shobhana Mani

Stephen Eric Zingelewicz

Eugene Joseph Orlowski, Jr

Somashekhar Basavaraj

Daniel Lawrence Morrill

Rahul Gore

Indra Purkayastha

Jr Austars Raymond Schnore

A method and system for monitoring and controlling a power distribution system is provided. The system includes a plurality of circuit breakers and a plurality of node electronic units. Each node electronic unit is mounted remotely from an associated circuit breaker that is electrically coupled with one of the node electronic units. The system also includes a first digital network, and a first central control unit. The first central control unit and the plurality of node electronic units are communicatively coupled to the first digital network. The method includes receiving digital signals from each node electronic unit at the central control unit, determining an operational state of the power distribution system from the digital signal, and transmitting digital signals to the plurality of node electronic units such that the circuit breakers are operable from the first central control unit.

Integrated protection, monitoring, and control system

A method and system and a computer program for improving reliability of a centrally-controlled electrical protection system is provided. The method includes identifying at least one component of the centrally-controlled power distribution system, obtaining at least one of reliability data and reparability data for each at least one component of the centrally-controlled power distribution system, and constructing a reliability block diagram for each functional category. The computer system and computer program code segment are configured to implement the method for improving reliability of a centrally-controlled electrical protection system architecture based on sensitivity analysis.

Method and apparatus for centrally-controlled electrical protection system architecture reliability improvement based on sensitivity analysis

A protection system for a power distribution system is provided. The protection system includes a central computer, a plurality of data modules, and a data network. The data modules are each in communication with a different circuit breaker of the power distribution system. The data network communicates between the central computer and the plurality of data modules. The central computer sends an instruction to the plurality of data modules over the data network to aid in synchronization of sampling of a power condition at the plurality of data modules.

Protection system for power distribution systems

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