An overnight wind storm left almost 2,500 South Island homes without power on Saturday morning. According to the BC Hydro Outage Map, crews are working on 47 power outages in the region on Feb. 1. Most were reportedly caused by fallen trees or lines knocked over in the wind. READ ALSO:...
The number of outages is at an all-time high, which is a misleading statistic. Recent reports from the Uptime Institute reveal thatthe total number of outages per facility has decreased compared to earlier years. So, while the absolute number of outages is higher than ever, that's because t...
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Mladen Kezunovic, in The Electrical Engineering Handbook, 2005 9.1.1 Power System Faults Power systems are built to allow continuous generation, transmission, and consumption of energy. Most of the power system operation is based on a three-phase system that operates in a balanced mode, often ...
Using machine learning and a variety of data describing the causes of outages, the team can study data from the past to make predictions about the future. "A lot of people ask how you test something that has never been done before," Kezunovic said. "Say you're making predictions using ...
Predicting an optimal tree trimming schedule that would minimize the risk of vegetation-related outages is only one of the applications. Mladen Kezunovic, Regents Professor and holder of the Eugene E. Webb professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with graduate st...
RELATED:UPDATED: Power restored in Saanich, Central Saanich after tree hit wires Recent days have seen a number of power outages across the region as it grapples with snow and strong winds. Updates to follow. Do you have a story tip? Email:vnc.editorial@blackpress.ca. ...
For about 25% of the outages we found very good correlation with a lightning discharge in a corridor of up to +/- 5000 m. Some of the remaining outages are assumed to be either caused by other severe weather related events (strong wind, moisture on insulators, etc) or by lightning ...
About 300 households in Greater Victoria were without hydro the morning of Feb. 21 with BC Hydro showing pockets of outages across the south Island and Gulf Islands. Hydro reassured customers late Monday that crews would be “working around the clock” on repairs. Find updates atbchydro.com. ...
Electrical engineering Fast detection and mitigation of cascading outages in the power system TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Mladen Kezunovic PangChengzongThis dissertation studies the causes and mechanism of power system cascading outages and proposes the improved interactive scheme between system-wide and local ...