A Data Analytic Approach to Automatic Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis for Distribution Automation

Distribution automation (DA) is deployed to reduce outages and to rapidly reconnect customers following network faults. Recent developments in DA equipment have enabled the logging of load and fault event data, referred to as “pick-up activity.” This pick-up activity provides a picture of the underlying circuit activity occurring between successive DA operations over a period of time and has the potential to be accessed remotely for off-line or...