Our patented* electrical grid fault localization solution has shown very promising results in synchronizing data from multiple devices. The fault localization technique determines the location of a fault in a complex distribution grid. This is achieved by establishing spatial-temporal relationships between transient signals and distances in graphical representations of the distribution grid. This method provides precise fault locations in challenging electrical distribution grid structures.

Our sensor placement algorithm determines the best location for a given number of fault localization devices. The combination of our synchronization protocol, a fault localization technique and a sensor placement algorithm and their minimal data requirements constitutes a uniquely complete solution sets apart from existing work and makes it more attractive to the industry for adoption in electrical distribution grids.

• US provisional patent filed (June 11, 2021), Patent application # US 63/209,793; Inventors: Hunte, A. Haque, H, Lutfiyya, and M. Desroches, “Fault Localization in Electrical Grid Distribution Network”