Influencing Effective Electrical Distribution Modernization Through Advanced Metering

Abstract

In 2013, the Department of Defense (DoD) required its services to implementadvanced metering for the purpose of reducing energy usage (Department of Defense,2013). Additionally, the DoD has aimed to improve its ability to assure a continuousenergy supply to all of its installations. This study investigated processes for applyingadvanced meters on Air Force bases to increase energy assurance. This study alsoidentified strategies for using advanced meters to influence infrastructure funding. Thiswas accomplished through the use of extensive advanced meter data. The data wasanalyzed for outages and a procedure was created to locate outages in energy usagedatasets by using means and standard deviations. Advanced meters with more frequentdata collection were able to locate outages easier than meters with less frequent datacollection. Advanced meters do not only reduce energy usage, but they also have theability to report outages. By collecting outage data, funding can be applied to the leastreliable electrical infrastructure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1056484

Entities

People

  • Jared R. Erickson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Electric Power
  • Electricity Meters
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Production
  • Geographic Regions
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure

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