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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Utopus Insights, Inc., Valhalla, NY (US);
Kalyan Kanti Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;
Jagabondhu Hazra, Bangalore, IN;
Manikandan Padmanaban, Bangalore, IN;
Utopus Insights, Inc., Valhalla, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for power theft location in an electrical grid. A contemplated method includes: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: receiving an indication of a voltage of a plurality of nodes in the branch of the electrical distribution grid; identifying voltage differences between at least of two of the plurality of the nodes over a predetermined number of days, relative to different time periods within each day, wherein the at least two of the plurality of the nodes are at a known relative position in the branch of the electrical distribution grid; and evaluating the identified voltage differences to determine whether the identified voltage differences satisfy a predetermined criterion indicating no power theft. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.