Developing broken power line localisation devices with added grid sensing

该项目旨在开发用于检测和定位电力线断线的改进设备，并调查其在区域电网中支持可再生能源的使用情况。该项目预计将产生新的电力保护技术，并支持与维多利亚州最大的电力分销商之前的可行性项目所产生的设备商业化。预期的结果是将商业级可编程设备部署到区域网络，以加强监控。这应该会带来显著的好处，例如减少着火风险和随后的排放，更快的电力恢复时间，以及在区域网络中增加可再生发电的洞察力。

This project aims to develop improved devices for detecting and locating power line breakages and investigate their use to support renewable sources in regional grids. The project expects to generate novel power protection technology and support the commercialisation of devices resulting from a previous feasibility project with Victoria’s largest power distributor. The expected outcome is the delineation of commercial-grade, programmable devices to be deployed to regional networks for enhanced monitoring. This should provide significant benefits, such as mitigating fire-ignition risk and subsequent emissions, faster power recovery times, and insights for increasing the presence of renewable generation in regional networks.