Overview of Condition Monitoring Systems for Power Distribution Grids

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive survey on the state-of-the-art of condition monitoring technologies as enabling the fault detection for the power distribution grid. Several engineering efforts have already been initiated to modernize the power grid, but in most cases, the increasing complexity of distribution systems has become a major topic for monitoring techniques, and even the diagnostic methods are not suitable to assess the system behavior progress. This work aims to review existing literature surveys on real-time systems in the context of monitoring and fault diagnosis applied to electric distribution systems. Moreover, this paper summarizes some realtime applications and its evolution regarding the design, the analysis, and the testing for a deeper understanding of interface issues. A brief description of the future challenges of real-time simulation tools applied to condition monitoring is introduced as well.