Monitoring and Control of LV Networks [WG 2019-5]
LV networks have emerged as networks of significant importance in the architecture adopted for the implementation of the concept of smart grids for the following reasons:
- network automation and control functions expand and increasingly cover LV networks;
- in some advanced metering infrastructures architecture options, LV networks become a key level of management of the system;
- LV systems emerge as active agents in the management of voltage and the balancing of generation and demand;
- LV networks management will play a major role in the implementation of energy communities and microgrids.
LV network automation is made possible by the implementation of many new features: circuitbreakers with electronic protection unit, measurements and communication, signalling from circuit-breakers/protection in case of fault, motorized circuit-breakers or switches, remote control of circuit-breakers, advanced protections, utilization of fault data for fault location, utilization of smart meter data and infrastructure, …