On the Use of LoRa Technology for Logic Selectivity in MV Distribution Networks

Leopoldo Angrisani, Francesco Bonavolontà, Annalisa Liccardo and Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello
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Leopoldo Angrisani: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e delle Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Francesco Bonavolontà: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e delle Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Annalisa Liccardo: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e delle Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-34

Abstract: In this paper, a logic selectivity system based on Long Range (LoRa) technology for the protection of medium-voltage (MV) networks is proposed. The development of relays that communicate with each other using LoRa allows for the combination of the cost-effectiveness and ease of installation of wireless networks with long-range coverage and reliability. The realized demonstrator to assess the proposed system is also presented in the paper; based on different types of faults and different locations, the times needed for clearing a fault and restoring the network were estimated from repeated experiments. The obtained results confirm that, with an optimized design of transmitted packets and of protocol characteristics, LoRa communication grants fault management that meets the criteria of logic selectivity, with fault isolation occurring within the maximum allowed time.

Keywords: logic selectivity; LoRa technology; protection of MV network; fault clearing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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