Publications and Presentations
- 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.
- Russell, B.D., “Wind Power – Grand Challenges and Opportunities Roundtable,” Texas/European Union Wind Energy Symposium, October 27, 2009, (invited speaker).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Arcing Fault Detection and Intelligent Monitoring and Diagnostics on ConEd’s Low-Voltage Networks, Phase I report, TEES, December 2008.
- “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.
- “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.
- “Reliability Based Vegetation Management Through Intelligent System Monitoring,” Final Project Report, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), August 2007.
- “Distribution Fault Anticipation, Phase III: System Integration,” Technical Update, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA, EPRI Publication #1012435, December 2006.
- “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.