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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
William Christian Tracy Nelson, Duvall, WA (US);
Kenneth James Biallas, Carnation, WA (US);
Eddie W. Brasher, Pinole, CA (US);
Thomas Chapman Fix, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Christian Tracy Nelson, Duvall, WA (US);
Kenneth James Biallas, Carnation, WA (US);
Eddie W. Brasher, Pinole, CA (US);
Thomas Chapman Fix, Bellevue, WA (US);
S&C Electric Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A methodology and related system apparatus is provided to most efficiently and flexibly respond to abnormalities to reconfigure and restore service to end customers in commodity distribution systems to enhance circuit reconfiguration in an electrical power distribution system. Methodology is also provided to appropriately allocate system resources of the distribution system to prevent the potential overloading of electrical power sources. In one illustrative arrangement, the methodology is characterized by resources at each node and communications of source allocation data or messages to other nodes to request and establish an appropriate allocation of system resources. In a preferred arrangement and especially useful for larger distribution systems, 'teams' of nodes are defined in the distribution system having associated switching controls with the various teams communicating amongst each other to 'negotiate' or work out the most efficient and expeditious reconfiguration of the system in response to fault conditions and other circuit abnormalities.