Distribution model responsive to asset identification

• US 10,241,534 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2016
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HCL Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bhageria, Gopal K., Monagle, Kevin M., Reboul, Jean-Gael F., Trevathan, Matthew B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cao, Chun
• Application Number:
  US15/210,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20160320786A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 700295
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Models of a distribution network grid are automatically updated in response to real-time location data of uniquely identified temporary devices. Current geographical coordinates are determined within a distance tolerance that is selected as a function of a type of device indicated by the identity indicia. The geographical information system model is updated with a location of a unique identity of the device at the determined current geographical coordinates within the distance tolerance if unique identity of the device not already present within the geographical information system model, or if it is present and a displacement distance from the determined current geographical coordinates of the temporary device to existing geographic coordinates that are stored in the geographical information system model in association with the unique device identity exceeds a specified distance margin.

Claims

1. A method for automatically updating modeling of a distribution network grid in response to real-time location data of uniquely identified jumpers, the method comprising:

acquiring identity indicia for a jumper that is inserted into a feeder line at an insertion point within an electrical distribution grid, wherein the electrical distribution grid is modeled by a geographical information system model of a utility that provides electricity to end users through components of the electrical distribution grid, wherein the jumper has a jumper impedance value per foot of linear length, wherein the feeder has a feeder impedance value per foot of linear length, and wherein the jumper is inserted between parts of a feeder or connecting a first phase to a second phase on a single line;

determining current geographical coordinates of the jumper within a distance tolerance that is selected as one foot in response to determining that the jumper impedance value differs from the feeder impedance value;

determining if a unique identity of the jumper that is indicated by the identity indicia is present within the geographical information system model;

updating the geographical information system model with a location of the unique identity of the jumper at the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance in response to a determination selected from the group consisting of that the unique identity of the jumper is not present within the geographical information system model, and that a displacement distance from the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper to existing geographic coordinates that are stored in the geographical information system model in association with the unique device identity exceeds the distance tolerance;

providing the updated geographical information system model to an entity that is selected from the group consisting of a supervisory control and data acquisition system of the utility, a distribution management system of the utility, and an outage management system of the utility; and

providing in real-time the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance to the entity; and

wherein the entity monitors and controls a network topology of the electrical distribution grid in real-time as a function of the provided updated geographical information system model and the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper provided in real-time within the distance tolerance.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

integrating computer-readable program code into a mobile programmable device;

wherein the mobile programmable device comprises a processing unit, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium, and wherein the computer readable program code is embodied on the computer readable storage medium and comprises instructions that, when executed by the processing unit via the computer readable memory, cause the processing unit to perform the acquiring the identity indicia for the jumper, the determining the current geographical coordinates of the jumper, the determining if the unique identity of the jumper is present within the geographical information system model, the updating the geographical information system model with the location of the unique identity of the device at determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance, the providing the updated geographical information system model to the entity and the providing in real-time the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance to the entity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical coordinates are three-dimensional coordinates comprising a latitude coordinate, a longitude coordinate and an altitude value;

and

wherein the step of updating the geographical information system model with the location of the unique identity of the device at the determined current geographical three-dimensional coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance comprises selecting one of two power lines that share common values of no more than two of current geographical three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates determined for the jumper within the distance tolerance as a power line incorporating the jumper, in response to a determining a commonality of values of each of a three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates for the selected one of the two power lines within the distance tolerance; and

wherein the distance tolerance is less than a vertical or horizontal spacing distance between the two lines that is defined by a difference in corresponding values of the two power lines for at least one of the three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates that are determined for each of the two power lines.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the current geographical coordinates of the jumper as the geographical coordinates of the jumper insertion point;

determining a specification length of the jumper from a model specified in the identity indicia; and

updating the geographical information system model of the electrical distribution grid to substitute the jumper for a portion of the feeder line from the current geographical coordinates of the jumper toward an endpoint consumer over the determined specification length of the jumper.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a beginning set of geographical coordinates of a first end of the jumper that is inserted into the feeder at the insertion point that commences a bypass of the feeder by electricity flowing through the feeder to an endpoint consumer;

determining a termination set of geographical coordinates of a second, other end of the jumper that is inserted into the feeder at the termination point that ends the bypass of the feeder by the electricity flowing through the feeder to the endpoint consumer;

determining a displacement length of the jumper from a displacement distance between the beginning set of geographical coordinates of the first end of the jumper and the termination set of geographical coordinates of the second, other end of the jumper; and

updating the geographical information system model of the electrical distribution grid to substitute the jumper for a portion of the feeder line from the beginning set of geographical coordinates of the first end of the jumper toward an endpoint consumer over the determined displacement length of the jumper.

6. A system, comprising:

a processing unit in communication with a computer readable memory and a computer-readable storage medium;

wherein the processing unit, when executing program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory;

acquires identity indicia for a jumper that is inserted into a feeder line at an insertion point within an electrical distribution grid that is modeled by a geographical information system model of a utility that provides electricity to end users through components of the electrical distribution grid, wherein the jumper has a jumper impedance value per foot of linear length, wherein the feeder has a feeder impedance value per foot of linear length, and wherein the jumper is inserted between parts of a feeder or connecting a first phase to a second phase on a single line;

determines current geographical coordinates of the jumper within a distance tolerance that is selected as one foot in response to determining that the jumper impedance value differs from the feeder impedance value;

determines if a unique identity of the jumper that is indicated by the identity indicia is present within the geographical information system model;

updates the geographical information system model with a location of the unique identity of the jumper at the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance, in response to a determination selected from the group consisting of that the unique identity of the device is not present within the geographical information system model, and that a displacement distance from the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper to existing geographic coordinates that are stored in the geographical information system model in association with the unique device identity that exceeds the distance tolerance;

provides the updated geographical information system model to an entity that is selected from the group consisting of a supervisory control and data acquisition system of the utility, a distribution management system of the utility, and an outage management system of the utility; and

provides in real-time the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance to the entity; and

wherein the entity monitors and controls a network topology of the electrical distribution grid in real-time as a function of the provided updated geographical information system model and the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper provided in real-time within the distance tolerance.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the geographical coordinates are three-dimensional coordinates comprising a latitude coordinate, a longitude coordinate and an altitude value;

wherein the processing unit when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory updates the geographical information system model with the location of the unique identity of the device at the determined current geographical three-dimensional coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance by selecting one of two power lines that share common values of no more than two of current geographical three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates determined for the jumper within the distance tolerance as a power line incorporating the jumper, in response to a determining a commonality of values of each of a three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates for the selected one of the two power lines within the distance tolerance; and

wherein the distance tolerance is less than a vertical or horizontal spacing distance between the two lines that is defined by a difference in corresponding values of the two power lines for at least one of the three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates that are determined for each of the two power lines.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:

determines the current geographical coordinates of the jumper as the geographical coordinates of the jumper insertion point;

determines a specification length of the jumper from a model specified in the identity indicia; and

updates the geographical information system model of the electrical distribution grid to substitute the jumper for a portion of the feeder line from the current geographical coordinates of the jumper toward an endpoint consumer over a determined specification length of the jumper.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the processing unit, when executing the program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:

determines a beginning set of geographical coordinates of a first end of the jumper that is inserted into the feeder at the insertion point that commences a bypass of the feeder by electricity flowing through the feeder to an endpoint consumer;

determines a termination set of geographical coordinates of a second, other end of the jumper that is inserted into the feeder at the termination point that ends the bypass of the feeder by the electricity flowing through the feeder to an endpoint consumer;

determines a displacement length of the jumper from a displacement distance between the beginning set of geographical coordinates of the first end of the jumper and the termination set of geographical coordinates of the second, other end of the jumper; and

updates the geographical information system model of the electrical distribution grid to substitute the jumper for a portion of a feeder line from the beginning set of geographical coordinates of the first end of the jumper toward an endpoint consumer over the determined displacement length of the jumper.

10. A computer program product for automatically updating modeling of a distribution network grid in response to real-time, precise location data of uniquely identified jumpers deployed within the distribution network grid, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer processing unit, cause the computer processing unit to;

acquire identity indicia for a jumper that is inserted into a feeder line at an insertion point within an electrical distribution grid that is modeled by a geographical information system model of a utility that provides electricity to end users through components of the electrical distribution grid, wherein the jumper has a jumper impedance value per foot of linear length, wherein the feeder has a feeder impedance value per foot of linear length, and wherein the jumper is inserted between parts of a feeder or connecting a first phase to a second phase on a single line;

determine current geographical coordinates of the jumper within a distance tolerance that is selected as one foot in response to determining that the jumper impedance value differs from the feeder impedance value;

determine if a unique identity of the jumper that is indicated by the identity indicia is present within the geographical information system model;

update the geographical information system model with a location of a unique identity of the jumper at the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance, in response to determining at least one of that the unique identity of the device is not present within geographical information system model, and that a displacement distance from a determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper to existing geographic coordinates that are stored in the geographical information system model in association with a unique device identity that exceeds the distance tolerance;

provide the updated geographical information system model to an entity that is selected from the group consisting of a supervisory control and data acquisition system of the utility, a distribution management system of the utility, and an outage management system of the utility; and

provide in real-time the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance to the entity; and

wherein the entity monitors and controls a network topology of the electrical distribution grid in real-time as a function of the provided updated geographical information system model and the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper provided in real-time within the distance tolerance.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the geographical coordinates are three-dimensional coordinates comprising a latitude coordinate, a longitude coordinate and an altitude value;

wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to update the geographical information system model with the location of the unique identity of the device at the determined current geographical three-dimensional coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance by selecting one of two power lines that share common values of no more than two of current geographical three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates determined for the jumper within the distance tolerance as a power line incorporating the jumper, in response to a determining a commonality of values of each of a three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates for the selected one of the two power lines within the distance tolerance; and

wherein the distance tolerance is less than a vertical or horizontal spacing distance between the two lines that is defined by a difference in corresponding values of the two power lines for at least one of the three-dimensional longitude, latitude and altitude coordinates that are determined for each of the two power lines.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to:

determine the current geographical coordinates of the jumper as the geographical coordinates of the jumper insertion point;

determine a specification length of the jumper from a model specified in the identity indicia; and

update the geographical information system model of the electrical distribution grid to substitute the jumper for a portion of the feeder line from the current temporary asset geographical coordinates of the jumper toward an endpoint consumer over the determined specification length of the jumper.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer readable program code instructions, when executed by the computer processing unit, further cause the computer processing unit to:

determine a beginning set of geographical coordinates of a first end of the jumper that is inserted into the feeder at the insertion point that commences a bypass of the feeder by electricity flowing through the feeder to an endpoint consumer;

determine a termination set of geographical coordinates of a second, other end of the jumper that is inserted into the feeder at a termination point that ends the bypass of the feeder by the electricity flowing through the feeder to the endpoint consumer;

determine a displacement length of the jumper from a displacement distance between the beginning set of geographical coordinates of the first end of the jumper and the termination set of geographical coordinates of the second, other end of the jumper; and

update the geographical information system model of the electrical distribution grid to substitute the jumper for a portion of the feeder line from the beginning set of geographical coordinates of the first end of the jumper toward an endpoint consumer over the determined displacement length of the jumper.