With the climate varying erratically, the utility sector requires upgrading its maintenance services' pace and sophistication. How do we change the existing practices to keep pace with the current requirements?
Electric utilities worldwide have been facing complex challenges due to chaotic weather events since the beginning of the year. The go-to technology for restoring power after outages due to weather conditions is the FLISR (Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration). The software works by integrating manual and "smart" switches to monitor and control the power dependency in case of fault outages and massive weather events.
FLISR uses telemetry to communicate and situation awareness algorithms to cross-check and locate faults. It will spontaneously restore power to the majority of the impacted network by automatically switching links to isolate the damaged or faulty area. It can also successfully conduct a power analysis report by evaluating possible violations in voltage during each restoration.
When FLISR is powered with a modular Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), the productivity, operational workflow simplification, and real-time network information that measures even EHV to LV can be enhanced.
The utilities that have adopted FLISR with manual switches can also draw this advantage from the software's data intelligence model. The calculational power of the ADMS and FLISR empowers the operator to run simulation models, predict events that might occur proactively, and manage the outage problem.
The benefit of FLISR augmented with ADMS, a dynamic model-based software solution within a budget, is provided without added costs for the field equipment. The capability to add, remove, and alter links within the operational control center decreases operating technology (OT) expenses.
FLISR is fast and efficient at analyzing the issue at hand. It differentiates between what is happening and what was programmed to happen by continually adapting to the change in inputs. FLISR isolates faults, take decisions, and gathers resources quickly, making the utilities run faster to manage the volatility.
