IDENTIFYING PHASE CONNECTIONS IN AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

摘要

Electrical power may be delivered to nodes in a network with a phase that is selected from a plurality of phases. According to various embodiments, the phase with which electrical power may be delivered to a particular node may be determined by varying, or identifying a variation in, the voltage of the electrical power that is delivered to a subset of nodes that is associated with a known phase. A variation in a voltage of the electrical power that is received by the particular node may also be identified. The phase with which the particular node is associated may be determined by correlating the identified voltage variation in the electrical power delivered to the subset of nodes that is associated with the known phase with the identified voltage variation in the electrical power received by the particular node.

主权项

1. In a network in which electrical power is distributed, the network having a plurality of subsets of nodes, each of the plurality of subsets being associated with a respective phase of a plurality of phases, a method of operating at least a portion of the network, the method comprising:
identifying a variation in a voltage of electrical power delivered to a first subset of the nodes that is associated with a first phase of the plurality of phases; identifying a variation in a voltage of electrical power received by a first node; and determining which phase of the plurality of phases is associated with the first node as a function of a correlation between the identified variation of voltage of electrical power received by the first node and the identified variation of voltage of electrical power delivered to the first subset of nodes.