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Title: A expert system for locating distribution system faults

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)
OSTI ID:6003175
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  1. National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
  2. Power Research Lab., Taiwan Power Co., Taipei (TW)
  3. Taipei City District Office, Taiwan Power Co., Taipei (TW)

A rule-based expert system is designed to locate the faults in a distribution system. Distribution system component data and network topology are stored in the database. A set of heuristic rules are compiled from the dispatchers' experience and are imbedded in the rule base. To locate distribution system fault, an inference engine is developed to perform deductive reasonings on the rules in the knowledge base. The inference engine comprises three major parts: the dynamic searching method, the backtracking approach, and the set intersection operation. The expert system is implemented on a personal computer using the artificial intelligence language PROLOG. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, the expert system has been applied to locate faults in a real underground distribution system.

OSTI ID:
6003175
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Vol. 6:1; ISSN 0885-8977
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English