2018 Papers
2018 April 30 – May 1 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transmission Line Fault Location Explained
R. Orndorff, K. Thomas, P. Hawks, B. Starling, Dominion
A. Makki, M. Rothweiler, Softstuf
The Blimp Event of 2015 – Description and Analysis of the Outages Caused by a Runaway on PPL Electric Utilities Transmission System
G. Bray, PPL Electric Utilities
Instrumentation Error Correction within Merging Units
S. Meliopoulos, G. Cokkinides, Y. Kong, Georgia Institute of Technology
TVA’s Transmission Voltage Unbalance Evaluation
G. Kobet, T. Laughner, D. Marler, A. Murphy, J. Rossman, TVA
Analysis of the unexpected operations at a 345kV National Grid substation associated with capacitor bank switching
S. Ji, I. Lu, D. Markis, M. Gregg, National Grid
230kV Substation Shunt Capacitor Bank Failure And Cascading Area Disturbances
L. Hisugan, Pacific Gas & Electric
Centralized Disturbance Recording Systems in IEC 61850 Based Digital Substations – Principles, Benefits and Challenges
A. Apostolov, OMICRON Electronics
Automated Waveform Characterization for Providing Situational Awareness to Distribution System Operators
C. Benner, D. Russell, Texas A&M University
Accurate and Economical Traveling-Wave Fault Locating Without Communications
A. Guzmán, B. Kasztenny, V. Mynam, Y. Tong, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Fault investigation using data from PMU, DFR and Traveling-Wave fault locators: Experiences from Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) on combining these tools for optimal fault analysis
G. Krefta, L. Barcelos de Oliveira, S. Zimath, C. Pimentel, COPEL
Back to the Basics – Event Analysis Using Symmetrical Components
A. Sudan, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Strategic Data Sharing for Improved Fault Analysis
F. Elmendorf, Grid Protection Alliance
230kV Power System Cascade Event by Single Phase Power Swing Phenomenon
J.Saldarriaga, J. Zuleta, L. Zapata, F. Montaño, G. Ramírez, T. Rivera, XM S.A. E.S.P. Colombia Power System Operator
Modern On-line Monitoring for High Voltage Circuit Breakers
N. Gariboldi, Qualitrol
P. Corliss, PMC-Consulting
Common Format for Naming Intelligent Electronic Devices (COMDEV)
J. Hackett, Mehta Tech
Rick Cornelison
A. Makki, SoftStuf
Case Studies in Facility Wide Time Synchronization
T. Smith, C. Crites, GE Grid Solutions
Analysis of NPCC Protection System Misoperations
Q. Le, R. Sahiholamal, NPCC
Intelligent Circuit Sensor based Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration for Transmission Lines with T‐connection Taps
J. Fan, Southern States
Travelling Wane Fault Locator (TWFL) Technology Applied to HVDC Transmission Line
A. Soeth Jr., P. Freire de Souza, GE Grid Solutions
D. Custódio, Interligações Elétricas do Madeira