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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2020
Applicant:

G & W Electric Company, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Inventors:

Erich Keller, Naperville, IL (US);

Nicholas Carmine DiFonzo, Des Plaines, IL (US);

Assignee:

G & W Electric Company, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 13/00036 (2020.01); G01R 31/086 (2013.01); H02J 3/0012 (2020.01); H02J 13/00004 (2020.01); H02J 2203/10 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a power distribution network includes receiving, via an electronic processor, a fault indication associated with a fault from a first isolation device of a plurality of isolation devices. The processor identifies a first subset of a plurality of phases associated with the fault indication and a second subset not associated with the fault indication. The processor sends a first open command to each member of a set of downstream isolation devices for each phase in the first subset. The processor identifies a plurality of tie-in isolation devices to be closed to restore power. Responsive to identifying a first potential loop configuration, for each of the plurality of tie-in devices, the processor sends a close command to the tie-in isolation device for each of the plurality of phases and sends a second open command to the associated downstream isolation device for each phase in the second subset.


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