METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF A POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

摘要

A system for automated reconfiguration of a power distribution system, comprising a plurality of nodes being located in the distribution system; a plurality of node controllers controlling respective nodes in the plurality of nodes and including resources which monitor the distribution system, which source, permit or inhibit flow of power in the distribution system in response to detection of a condition requiring reconfiguration of the distribution system, which communicate information with at least one other node controller in the plurality of node controllers to transmit and receive communicated information; which affect the state of the associated node to source, permit or inhibit flow of commodity in accordance with one of a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The first operating mode being a primary operating mode and comprising a rapid restoration mode wherein a first node is operable to query the communicated information to identify at least one resource that is operable to affect optimal service restoration based on a minimal switching operation.