Deliverables on Automation Assets
Summary of past deliverables related to distribution automation assets
Recent deliverables on distribution automation assets.
2024
The 2024 P180.003 project deliverables are now available to download from EPRI.com. Click on Product ID to be taken to EPRI.com page where you can download.
| Product ID | Deliverable | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recloser Life-Cycle Test Results | Tech Update | A technical report describing results from testing, inspection, and teardown of a 20-year-old, field aged, fully functional G&W Viper-ST recloser that was removed from service. | |
| Lindsey Sensor Test Results | Tech Update | A technical report describing laboratory testing of Hubbell Lindsey combination voltage and current sensor. | |
| Recloser Failure Analysis | Tech Update | A technical report describing the forensic analysis results of several distribution reclosers which experienced a failure during their service-life. | |
| How to Perform Failure Analysis on Solid Dielectric Reclosers | Tech Brief | A technical brief describing how EPRI approaches failure analysis of reclosers specifically utilizing solid dielectric insulation. | |
| Unique Challenges of Voltage/Current Sensing in Reclosers | White Paper | An EPRI white paper discussing the various types of sensing technologies currently available and some application challenges utilities may experience. | |
| DA Visual Inspection Field Guide | PowerPoint | An EPRI techincal guide visually displaying in-depth examples of distribution autiomation assets while describing effective ways to survey and interact with select assets. | |
| DA Assets: Advanced Inspection Technologies and Tools | Tech Update | A technical report describing the innovative and emerging technological usages of tooling and equipment when inspecting assets both in the field and shop. | |
| Distribution Automation Assets: Control Cable and Connectors | Tech Brief | An EPRI technical brief describing the continued research approached to failure analysis, key material improvement forensics, and life-cycle testing at ERPI’s laboratory. | |
| Power Electronics on the Distribution Grid | White Paper | Report describing the testing of the Sentient Energy ENGO grid edge voltage regulation device | |
| Underground DA - Joint with 180.002 | Tech Update | A technical report collaborating with Underground Assets to describe the application use case, testing methods, and the results from multiple in-service failures analyzed by EPRI’s DA team. | |
| DistribuTech Debrief | PowerPoint | An EPRI slide deck of 2024’s Orlando, FL DistribuTech, providing a glimpse into the distribution products launched and those showcased. | |
| Recloser Arrester Failure Detector | Tech Update | An EPRI Technology Innovation report describing a continuing effort to develop a simple detection method to determine a failed recloser arrester |
Past deliverables: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 & Historic