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Distribution Management Systems

A Distribution Management System (DMS) is a Decision Support System designed to optimize the monitoring and control of electric distribution systems, enhancing safety and asset protection. Key components include standard and advanced display capabilities, intelligent alarm processing, data archiving, and distribution system modeling, which are essential for real-time analysis and decision-making. The On Line Power Flow (OLPF) feature provides near real-time electrical condition calculations and visibility for trouble spots, supporting both live and offline analyses.

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Distribution Management Systems

A Distribution Management System (DMS) is a Decision Support System designed to optimize the monitoring and control of electric distribution systems, enhancing safety and asset protection. Key components include standard and advanced display capabilities, intelligent alarm processing, data archiving, and distribution system modeling, which are essential for real-time analysis and decision-making. The On Line Power Flow (OLPF) feature provides near real-time electrical condition calculations and visibility for trouble spots, supporting both live and offline analyses.

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DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

What is a DMS?
A Decision Support System to assist the control room and field operating personnel with the monitoring and control
of the electric distribution system in an optimal manner while improving safety and asset protection.
What are the Major DMS Components?

DMS APPLICATIONS

1. Standard display capabilities

Substation One-line Schematic Tabular Trend Line

2. Advanced display capabilities

3. Highlighting abnormal sections of the distribution feeders

4. Intelligent Alarm Processing


– (Standard) Compare measurements against operating limits and alert operator to abnormal conditions
– Conditional alarms
– Prioritization
– Filtering
– Routing
5. Data Archiving

– Store and retrieve data, alarms, event logs, feeder configuration changes, etc

– Allow access to data inside and outside the control center for studies etc.

– Most DMS vendors support interface to commercial data management systems

Tagging Permits Clearance Management


– Enables users to request, manage and plan outage requests.
– Support the creation and monitoring of safety protection guarantees
– Information exchanged with mobile workforce management system
– All DMS vendors support tagging – most are weak in overall permit/tag request and management

Distribution System Modeling


• Accurate distribution system model is essential element of DMS (the “heart and soul”)
• Provides basis for graphical displays and advanced applications
On Line Power Flow (OLPF)
• Similar to engineering analysis tool
• Calculates electrical conditions right now (near real-time) at all points on the distribution feeder
• Provides “visibility” in places where no measurements exist …. alerts dispatcher to trouble spots
• OLPF used by many DMS applications that require up-to date electrical information
• Characteristics:
– 3 phase unbalanced
– Handles radial and “weakly-meshed” distribution feeders
• “Study mode” - uses past or planned feeder model in off line mode.
OLPF Study Mode
• “Off line” version of DMS power flow useful for analyzing:
– Past events
– Upcoming (future) events
• Runs in background – does not impact real-time (live) applications
• Specify time and date for which study is required
• Study mode estimates the load for past or future events
• Potential use for all engineering analysis

Load Estimation for OLPF


• OLPF uses real-time or near-real-time feeder measurements
• At many utilities, measurements available only at “head-end” of feeder

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