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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Venu Madhav Tadepalli, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Venu Madhav Tadepalli, Alpharetta, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for use in locating a fault in a power generation and delivery system is provided. The system includes a fault detection module configured to detect an occurrence of the fault and to generate a fault event notification, a satellite imaging system configured to acquire satellite image data, and a fault location module coupled to the fault detection module and to the satellite imaging system, the fault location module configured to receive the fault event notification from the fault detection module, receive satellite image data of a target area that includes the fault from the satellite imaging system, and determine the location of the fault based on the satellite image data.