The document presents an overview of an automated circuit breaker monitoring system. The system uses intelligent electronic devices located at circuit breakers to monitor their operations and send data via a wireless network to a concentrator PC. The PC stores the data and software analyzes the operations of circuit breakers involved in switching actions to detect any misoperations. The system architecture has hardware components like IEDs and software for customized data analysis and views for different user types.
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The document presents an overview of an automated circuit breaker monitoring system. The system uses intelligent electronic devices located at circuit breakers to monitor their operations and send data via a wireless network to a concentrator PC. The PC stores the data and software analyzes the operations of circuit breakers involved in switching actions to detect any misoperations. The system architecture has hardware components like IEDs and software for customized data analysis and views for different user types.
The document presents an overview of an automated circuit breaker monitoring system. The system uses intelligent electronic devices located at circuit breakers to monitor their operations and send data via a wireless network to a concentrator PC. The PC stores the data and software analyzes the operations of circuit breakers involved in switching actions to detect any misoperations. The system architecture has hardware components like IEDs and software for customized data analysis and views for different user types.
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The document presents an overview of an automated circuit breaker monitoring system. The system uses intelligent electronic devices located at circuit breakers to monitor their operations and send data via a wireless network to a concentrator PC. The PC stores the data and software analyzes the operations of circuit breakers involved in switching actions to detect any misoperations. The system architecture has hardware components like IEDs and software for customized data analysis and views for different user types.
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INTRODUCTION: THE Circuit Breakers (CBs) are part of a power system and their functioning is critical to providing continuous power supply. They are used to configure a power system as needed, to control the load flow and disconnect any faulted parts of the system. Once installed, a breaker may have a lifetime of over 40 years. Its operating state changes very infrequently unless it is located in switching stations with intense switching schedule. A breaker has no intelligence of its own. It is operated by protective relays, which detect faults on the system and identify the appropriate CBs that need to be opened in order to isolate the faults and enable the system to function. Also, a breaker may be operated through a manual command issued either remotely by power system operators or locally by maintenance personnel. Sometime the breaker may not open or close on command, leading to an interruption in the operator switching action leading to an incomplete control action or unsuccessful fault clearing allowing the fault to exist longer than the system can sustain without damage. Misoperation of CBs can result in undesired changes in system functioning that may cause the system to go into an abnormal state, potentially causing power outage. The CB represents a critical part of the protection system, as well as the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system.
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE: Architecture of the complete system can be divided into two parts: a) hardware, which includes Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) and communication to the data repository PC and b) software, which performs automated analysis of field recorded data related to operations of a group of breakers involved in the same switching action.
Hardware Architecture Circuit Breaker Monitor (CBM) hardware consist of IEDs located at the circuit
breaker cabinets in the switchyard, concentrator PC and GPS clock receiver located in a control house, and wireless point to multipoint network connecting IEDs located in the switchyard with the PC located in control house. This configuration works as the master-slave architecture; the slave CBM units are set up at each breaker in the switchyard and are hardwired to acquire the signals from CBs control circuit. The master unit (Concentrator PC) is set up at the control house to gather the data collected by all slave units in the substation, store and process it. The system is designed to allow configuration with multiple slave IEDs depending on the number of circuit breakers in a substation.
Software Architecture: Circuit Breaker Monitor software performs data analysis and outputs information for different users presents software architecture. The application enables customized views for various types of users since they may have different interest regarding breaker performance, sequences of breaker operations and network topology status. For some users it is important to know precise topology of the system and status of CBs in every moment and for some it is important to know precise sequence of operations of a group of CBs after fault was recognized and cleared.
REFERENCE: [1] A. Bosma and R. Thomas, Condition monitoring and maintenance strategies for high-voltage circuit breakers," in IEE 6th International Conference - APSCOM-2003, vol. 1, Hong Kong, Nov. 11-14, 2003, [2] H. K. Hoidalen, M. Runde, O. Haugland, G. Ottesen, and M. Ohlsen, Continuous monitoring of circuit breakers using vibration analysis," in 11th Int 81 Symposium on HV Engineering, vol.1, London, Aug, 1999
