Publications

Publications and Presentations

  1. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D. “Beyond Mid-Grid: Predicting Failures Before They Occur and Responding Intelligently When They Do,” to be presented at EPRI PQ and Smart Distribution 2010 Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, Canada, June 14-17, 2010.
  2. Russell, B.D., “Wind Power – Grand Challenges and Opportunities Roundtable,” Texas/European Union Wind Energy Symposium, October 27, 2009, (invited speaker).
  3. Russell, B.D., Benner, C.L., Cheney, R.M., Wallis, C.F., Anthony, T.L., Muston, W.E., “Reliability Improvement of Distribution Feeders through Real-Time, Intelligent Monitoring,” Proceedings of the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 26-30, 2009.
  4. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D. “Automated Fault Analysis Using an Intelligent Monitoring System,” Proceedings of 62nd Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, College Station, Texas, March 30 – April 2, 2009.
  5. Russell, B.D., Benner, C.L., “Fault Anticipation and Feeder Diagnostics: Road to Reliability,” Proceedings of 62nd Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, College Station, Texas, March 30 – April 2, 2009.
  6. Bowers, J.S., Sundaram, A., Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Outage Avoidance through Intelligent Detection of Incipient Equipment Failures on Distribution Feeders,” Proceedings of 2008 PES General Meeting, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, July 20-24, 2008.
  7. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., Sundaram, A., “Feeder Interruptions Caused by Recurring Faults on Distribution Feeders: Faults You Don’t Know About,” Proceedings of 61st Annual Protective Relay Conference, College Station, Texas April 1-3, 2008.
  8. Wischkaemper, J.A., Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D. “Electrical Characterization of Vegetation Contacts with Distribution Conductors – Investigation of Progressive Fault Behavior,” Proceedings of the PES T&D Conference and Expo, Chicago Illinois, April 2008.
  9. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Distribution Feeder Reliability Enhancement through Real-Time Diagnostics and Monitoring,” Proceedings of Distributech Conference and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, February 4-6, 2007.
  10. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Distribution Fault Anticipation an Update,” Proceedings of the EPRI Power Quality Applications (PQA) 2006 and Advanced Distribution Automation (ADA) Joint Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 24-26, 2006.
  11. Depew, A.C., Parsick, J.M., Dempsey, R.W., Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., Adamiak, M.G., “Field Experience with High-Impedance Fault Detection Relays,” Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX, May 21-24, 2006.
  12. Depew, A.C., Parsick, J.M., Dempsey, R.W., Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., Adamiak, M.G., ” Field Experience with High-Impedance Fault Detection Relays,” Proceedings of the 60th Annual Georgia Tech Protective Relaying Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 3-5, 2006.
  13. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Incipient Fault Detection Through On-line Monitoring,” Proceedings of the 9th Annual Fault and Disturbance Analysis Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 1-2, 2006.
  14. Depew, A.C., Parsick, J.M., Dempsey, R.W., Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., Adamiak, M.G., ” Field Experience with High-Impedance Fault Detection Relays,” Proceedings of the 59th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, April 4-6, 2006.
  15. Depew, A.C., Parsick, J.M., Dempsey, R.W., Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., Adamiak, M.G., “Field Experience with High-Impedance Fault Detection Relays,” Proceedings of the 41st Annual Minnesota Power Systems Conference (MIPSYCON), St. Paul, MN, November 1-3, 2005.
  16. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Automated Shipboard Diagnostics and Health Evaluation for Power Equipment and Systems: Advanced Techniques Developed for Terrestrial Power Systems,” Proceedings of the First IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium ESTS 2005, Philadelphia, PA, July 25-27, 2005, pp. 407-412.
  17. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Investigation of Incipient Conditions Leading to the Failure of Distribution System Apparatus,” Proceedings of the IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, New York, NY, October 10-13, 2004, Vol. 2, pp. 703-708.
  18. Li, J., Butler-Purry, K.L., Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., Langari, R., “Selecting a Fuzzy Aggregation Operator for the Multi-Criteria Fault Location Problem,” Proceedings of the IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, New York, NY, October 10-13, 2004, Vol. 2, pp. 1134-1140.
  19. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Distribution Fault Anticipation,” Proceedings of the EPRI Power Quality Applications 2004 Conference and Exposition, Long Island, NY, May 17-19, 2004, pp. 365-370.
  20. Benner, C.L., Russell, B.D., “Distribution Incipient Faults and Abnormal Events: Case Studies from Recorded Field Data,” Proceedings of the 57th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, March 30-April 1, 2004.
  21. Li, J., Butler-Purry, K.L., Benner, C., Russell, B.D., “Modeling of a Radial Distribution Feeder with TCC-based Protective Devices,” Proceedings of the 35th Annual North American Power Symposium (NAPS 2003), Rolla, MO, October 20-21, 2003.
  22. Richards, C.S., Benner, C.L., Butler-Purry, K.L., Russell B.D., “Electrical Behavior of Contaminated Distribution Insulators Exposed to Natural Wetting,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 18, No. 2, April 2003, pp. 551-558.

Significant Technical Reports

  1. Arcing Fault Detection and Intelligent Monitoring and Diagnostics on ConEd’s Low-Voltage Networks, Phase I report, TEES, December 2008.
  1. “Distribution Fault Anticipation, Phase III: System Integration and Library Enhancement,” Final Report, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, EPRI Publication #1016036, July 2009.
  1. “Distribution Fault Anticipation, Phase III: System Integration and Library Enhancement,” Interim Report, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, EPRI Publication #1013824, December 2007.
  1. “Reliability Based Vegetation Management Through Intelligent System Monitoring,” Final Project Report, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), August 2007.
  1. “Distribution Fault Anticipation, Phase III: System Integration,” Technical Update, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, EPRI Publication #1012435, December 2006.
  1. “Distribution Fault Anticipator, Phase II: Field Data Collection and Algorithm Development,” Final Report, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, EPRI Publication #1010662, November 2005.