Inventors:
Michael B. Bryson - Pullman WA, US
David E. Whitehead - Pullman WA, US
Assignee:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc - Pullman WA
International Classification:
H01F 29/04, G05F 1/14, G05F 1/153, G05D 17/00, H02J 3/00, H02J 1/00
US Classification:
323343, 323255, 323257, 323340, 700298, 700291, 307 17, 307103
Abstract:
Regulation of a remote load center voltage from a local location of a voltage regulator and a voltage regulator control using voltage measurements from the remote load center obtained using a metering device at the load center in communication with the voltage regulator control. The metering device may obtain remote voltage information at the load center and communicate such to the voltage regulator control using a direct communications line, a wide area network, or the like. The communications may include electrical (e. g. copper cable), light (e. g. infrared over fiber optics), radio frequency, or the like. The voltage regulator control may be configured to use local measurements and a line drop compensation algorithm in the event that the remote voltage information becomes unavailable.