Assess one of the available solutions for alternative protection method at Primary substation level. Outline the required hardware and software required to install system at a local substation, with a high number of faults. Install and commission the equipment, then monitor for 12-18 months. Provide a report on the ability of the system, including a financial analysis of existing systems versus the new technology. The system is currently deployed at Caputh, has no control over the network, and is actively monitoring the network for fault analysis purposes.

This project will look at the ability of SASensor to protect a primary substation using a digital approach, and provide a financial comparison between this and carrying out a traditional approach. It will investigate the ability of the system to provide better asset management within a substation, and how operational expenditure costs differ in comparison with the traditional relay approach. This project is a continuation of an IFI project (2012_03), and is currently deployed at Caputh, awaiting real faults on the system for the purposes of fault analysis. It is anticipated that by Summer 2015 there shall be enough data collected for analysis.

Benefits

In response to each objective:

1. Perform post-fault analysis on waveforms captured by the SASensor system on site.

2. As number 1.

3. Post fault analysis on 10 system faults.

4. Note points during the development and installation where improvements could be made and discuss with Locamation. Determine full costs of both systems, and evaluate with pros and cons.

5. Desktop based report on the costs, time and training required.

6. Desktop based report on this new technology versus our existing range of protection systems.