Systems and methods for managing a power distribution system
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1. A power distribution system, comprising:
- a processor;
a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;
determine an outage time;
determine a plurality of effective interruption times associated with a set of customers, wherein each of the plurality of effective interruption times is based on;
the outage time; and
a back-up time associated with a respective one of the set of customers, wherein the back-up time is based on a time for which a back-up device of the respective one of the set of customers can operate;
determine an inconvenience factor associated with each of the set of customers, wherein each of the inconvenience factors is based on;
one of the plurality of effective interruption times associated with one of the set of customers; and
one of a plurality of priority factors associated with the one of the set of customers, wherein each of the plurality of priority factors is associated with a respective one of the set of customers and indicates a priority for restoring power to the one of the set of customers; and
determine a subset of the set of customers to isolate in order to restore power to the set of customers, wherein the subset of the set of customers is determined based on the inconvenience factors.
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Abstract
A system and method of determining priorities for restoration of power in a power distribution system includes collecting customer prioritization data for a set of customers. An inconvenience factor is determined from the customer prioritization data for each customer. A zone restoration factor is then determined from the inconvenience factor for each customer. The inconvenience factor takes into account the estimated outage time, the customer'"'"'s back-up time, the willingness of the customer to use back-up devices, and customer'"'"'s priority for the estimated outage time.
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1. A power distribution system, comprising:
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a processor; a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; determine an outage time; determine a plurality of effective interruption times associated with a set of customers, wherein each of the plurality of effective interruption times is based on; the outage time; and a back-up time associated with a respective one of the set of customers, wherein the back-up time is based on a time for which a back-up device of the respective one of the set of customers can operate; determine an inconvenience factor associated with each of the set of customers, wherein each of the inconvenience factors is based on; one of the plurality of effective interruption times associated with one of the set of customers; and one of a plurality of priority factors associated with the one of the set of customers, wherein each of the plurality of priority factors is associated with a respective one of the set of customers and indicates a priority for restoring power to the one of the set of customers; and determine a subset of the set of customers to isolate in order to restore power to the set of customers, wherein the subset of the set of customers is determined based on the inconvenience factors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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determine an outage time; determine a plurality of effective interruption times associated with a set of customers, wherein each of the plurality of effective interruption times is based on; the outage time; and a back-up time associated with a respective one of the set of customers, wherein the back-up time is a time for which a back-up device of the respective one of the set of customers can operate; determine an inconvenience factor associated with each of the set of customers, wherein each of the inconvenience factors is based on; one of the plurality of effective interruption times associated with one of the set of customers; and one of a plurality of priority factors associated with the one of the set of customers, wherein each of the plurality of priority factors is associated with a respective one of the set of customers and indicates a priority for restoring power to the one of the set of customers; and determine a subset of the set of customers to isolate in order to restore power to the set of customers, wherein the subset of the set of customers is determined based on the inconvenience factors. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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