Title
Uav-Assisted Fault Location In Power Distribution Systems: An Optimization Approach
Abstract
Improvement of reliability indices and decreasing the energy not supplied are two main purposes of the power distribution systems' operator. Installation of visual or remote fault indicators (FIs) can significantly contribute to achieving these goals. However, installation of these types of FIs in areas with limited or no communication coverage is not practical. This paper presents a novel conceptual structure for application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in distribution systems. In the proposed framework, UAV-based FIs (UFIs) which arc installed in the non-coverage areas, communicate with the UAVs and send their signals to them when a fault occurs in downstream. We formulate an optimization problem to find the optimal number of UFIs and UAVs as well as their locations, taking both communication and investment constraints into consideration. To evaluate the effectiveness of the presented framework, simulation results are presented and discussed for bus 6 of the IEEE-RBTS.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/TSG.2018.2865977
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID
Keywords
Field
DocType
Power distribution systems, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), fault indicator (FI)
Conceptual structure,Wireless,Distribution system,Control engineering,Operator (computer programming),Engineering,Optimization problem,Maintenance engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
4
1949-3053
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sayed Yaser Derakhshandeh111.03
Zahra Mobini2669.07
MohammadAli Mohammadi317417.27
Mojtaba Nikbakht400.34