Fault Management

Relink

Making the grid more resilient and reducing the risk of defects having an impact on the end user.

Overview

Relink is a product that has been developed to enable the electric power grid to be smarter – load sharing to avoid blackouts and bypass electrical faults, making the grid more resilient and reducing the risk of defects having an impact on the end user.

As these ‘boxes’ need to be installed underground in link-boxes, the environment can be challenging. It can be covered by up to 2 metres of water and at times the internal components can reach temperatures of 100 degrees Celsius.

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The previous Lynx system was drastically redesigned so that it could withstand this environment and would be more robust and durable. Tests were carried out over a period of 10 days to check condensation and temperature levels, ensuring the redesign would meet the required parameters.

RELINK provides the ability to mesh the network at a time of capacity need, and un-mesh the network once the demand is reduced to ensure maximum utilisation and efficiency of the network. It also allows re-configuration of the network topology during fault conditions, such as a permanent LV fault condition. RELINK automatically opens under loss of power, allowing HV sectionalising and HV fault location, which would not be possible if there was a ‘back-feed’ condition of an HV fault through the LV network.

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