Determination of the optimum routine test and self-checking intervals in protective relaying using a reliability model

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 663-669

  Billinton, Roy ^a,b   Fotuhi Firuzabad, M ^a,b   Sidhu, T S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Relaying system; Reliability; Routine test; Self checking

Indexed keywords

MARKOV MODEL; RELAYING SYSTEM; ROUTINE TEST; SELF-CHECKING INTERVALS;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INSPECTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

RELAY PROTECTION;

EID: 0036698956     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2002.800871     Document Type: Article

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