Power distribution system discovery

摘要

A power distribution system includes two or more power components that distribute power to one or more electrical components. At least some of the power components send and receive signals over power transmission lines to upstream or downstream power components in the power distribution system. The signals include information about power components in the power distribution system.

主权项

1. A power distribution system, comprising:
two or more power components configured to distribute power to one or more electrical components; two or more power transmission lines configured to transmit power from at least one of the power components to at least one other of the power components; wherein each of at least two of the two or more power components comprise one or more signal devices configured to send and receive signals over at least one of the power transmission lines to one or more upstream power components in the power distribution system or one or more downstream power components in the power distribution system, wherein the one or more signal device are configured to include in the signals information about at least one of the power components in the power distribution system; and one or more computing devices configured to perform a power distribution system assessment, wherein to perform the power distribution system assessment, the one or more computing devices are configured to:
receive, during a mapping phase of the power distribution system assessment, information from one or more of the signals about at least one of the power components in the power distribution system;store a baseline map of the power distribution system generated based at least in part on the information received during the mapping phase;receive, during an assessment phase of the power distribution system assessment, additional information from one or more additional signals about the at least one power component or about one or more additional power components in the power distribution system; andperform one or more response actions based at least in part on a comparison between the stored baseline map and the additional information.