Power distribution management apparatus and abnormality detection method

• US 10,152,073 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kashiwagi, Tetsuya, Matsufuji, Yuichi, Kawashima, Sari
• Primary Examiner(s): Jarrett, Ryan A
• Application Number:
  US14/672,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205317A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,352 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/2513 Arrangements for monitoring electric power systems, e.g. power lines or loads; Logging
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/00 Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof

Abstract

A power distribution management apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a detection unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire predetermined data at a predetermined interval from meters classified into a predetermined group, the data containing power consumption. The detection unit is configured to detect, as an abnormal place, a facility of a power distribution system associated with the group when the predetermined data is not acquired within the predetermined interval from the respective meters included in the group.

Claims

1. A power distribution management apparatus comprising:

an electrical connection storage unit configured to store electrical connection information in which a combination of junctions at which a plurality of facilities included in a power distribution system are electrically connected to each other and a facility determined by the combination of the junctions are associated, the facility being a branch that connects a junction to another junction constituting the combination of the junctions,

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first junction corresponding to a first facility from which predetermined data is acquired within a predetermined interval and a second junction corresponding to a second facility from which the predetermined data is not acquired within the predetermined interval; and

a detection unit configured to firstly detect, as normal items, junctions located between the first junction and a power-supplying facility of a power distribution system, secondly detect, as abnormal items, junctions other than junctions detected at the first detecting as the normal items among junctions located between the second junction and the power-supplying facility of the power distribution system, and specify an abnormal item of the power distribution system in a narrower range than a section partitioned by switches without limiting an abnormality detection target to a high-voltage system and limiting an abnormality detection range to a unit of an open/close division.

2. The power distribution management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an output unit configured to output information of an abnormal item which is detected by the detection unit.

3. The power distribution management apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the output unit outputs information of the abnormal item and the junctions in the abnormal item located between meters and the facility near a customer'"'"'s load facility as an abnormal influence range.

4. The power distribution management apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a position storage unit configured to store position information in which a first facility, which is a unit provided not by installation, among facilities and a position of the first facility are associated,

wherein a position of the first facility among the positions contained in the position information is further associated with the first facility among the facilities contained in electrical connection information,

wherein positions of the first facilities corresponding to both end portions of an installation facility, which is a span provided by installation, among the positions contained in the position information are associated with the installation facilities provided by installation among the facilities contained in the electrical connection information,

wherein when the facility is the first facility by referring to the electrical connection information, the output unit uses a position of the first facility, and

wherein when the facility is the installation facility, the output unit uses the positions of both end portions of the installation facility to generate display data in which the first facility and the installation facility are arranged on a map and a display representation of a facility corresponding to the abnormal item is distinguished from the display representation of another facility.

5. The power distribution management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a determination unit configured, when power consumption as the data is acquired from meters, to determine whether there is a change with respect to power consumption contained in the data acquired at the last time,

wherein when there is no change with respect to the power consumption acquired at the last time, the detection unit detects a customer'"'"'s load facility connected to meters as an abnormal item.

6. An abnormality detection method which is executed by a computer,

wherein the method causes the computer to perform

storing electrical connection information in which a combination of junctions at which a plurality of facilities included in a power distribution system are electrically connected to each other and a facility determined by the combination of the junctions are associated, the facility being a branch that connects a junction to another junction constituting the combination of the junctions,

acquiring a first junction corresponding to a first facility from which predetermined data is acquired within a predetermined interval and a second junction corresponding to a second facility from which the predetermined data is not acquired within the predetermined interval;

and

first detecting, as normal items, junctions located between the first junction and a power-supplying facility of a power distribution system, second detecting, as abnormal items, junctions other than junctions detected at the first detecting as the normal items among junctions located between the second junction and the power-supplying facility of the power distribution system, and specifying an abnormal item of the power distribution system in a narrower range than a section partitioned by switches without limiting an abnormality detection target to a high-voltage system and limiting an abnormality detection range to a unit of an open/close division.

7. The abnormality detection method according to claim 6,

wherein the computer further performs a process of outputting information of the abnormal item.

8. The abnormality detection method according to claim 7,

wherein as the process of outputting information of the abnormal item,

a process of outputting, as an abnormal influence range, information of the abnormal item and the junctions in the abnormal item located between meters and the facility near a customer'"'"'s load facility.

9. The abnormality detection method according to claim 7,

wherein in a first facility, which is a unit provided not by installation, among facilities contained in electrical connection information, a position of the first facility is further associated among positions contained in position information in which the first facility and a position of the first facility are associated,

wherein positions of the first facilities corresponding to both end portions of the installation facility, which is a span provided by installation, among the positions contained in the position information are associated with the installation facilities provided by installation among the facilities contained in the electrical connection information, and

wherein as a process of outputting information of the abnormal item,

a process of arranging the first facility and the installation facility on a map and generating display data in which a display representation of the facility corresponding to the abnormal item is distinguished from that of another facility using the position of the first facility is performed when the facility is the first facility by referring to the electrical connection information, and using the positions of both end portions of the installation facility when the facility is the installation facility.

10. The abnormality detection method according to claim 6,

wherein when power consumption as the data is acquired from meters, the computer further performs a process of determining whether there is a change with respect to power consumption contained in data acquired at the last time, and

wherein as a process of detecting the abnormal item,

when there is no change with respect to the power consumption acquired at the last time, a process of detecting a customer'"'"'s load facility connected to meters as the abnormal item is performed.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for abnormality detection for causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

storing electrical connection information in which a combination of junctions at which a plurality of facilities included in a power distribution system are electrically connected to each other and a facility determined by the combination of the junctions are associated, the facility being a branch that connects a junction to another junction constituting the combination of the junctions,

acquiring a first junction corresponding to a first facility from which predetermined data is acquired within a predetermined interval and a second junction corresponding to a second facility from which the predetermined data is not acquired within the predetermined interval; and

first detecting, as normal items, junctions located between the first junction and a power-supplying facility of a power distribution system, second detecting, as abnormal items, junctions other than junctions detected at the first detecting as the normal items among junctions located between the second junction and the power-supplying facility of the power distribution system, and specifying an abnormal item of the power distribution system in a narrower range than a section partitioned by switches without limiting an abnormality detection target to a high-voltage system and limiting an abnormality detection range to a unit of an open/close division.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 11,

wherein the process further comprises outputting information of the abnormal item.