SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND LOCALIZING NON-TECHNICAL LOSSES IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION GRID

摘要

A system and method for detecting theft of power in an electrical distribution grid. The system may include at least two communicating meters which form a transformer area network, a mechanism for measuring current and voltage at the meters, a mechanism for transmitting the measured current and voltage data to a data center with access to an electric grid database, and a mechanism that analyzes the transmitted data to inter unauthorized taking of electrical power.

主权项

1. A system for detecting the theft of power in an electrical distribution grid, the system comprising:
at least two communicating meters supplied with power by each service distribution transformer wherein power theft is to be detected, the meters forming a Transformer Area Network; a Measurement Agent configured to periodically measure current and voltage at each meter and transmit said measurements with a time stamp and an identifier of the meter which is unique within the Transformer Area Network; at least one Monitoring agent configured to receive the transmissions of the Measurement Agents; at least one communicating meter in each Transformer Area Network where theft detection is enabled, configured to transmit messages over a wide-area network; a software application hosted in a data center with access to a grid map database configured to receive messages transmitted by a communicating meter in a Transformer Area Network.