The use of dc shipboard power distribution networks has been shown to offer several advantages over their ac counterparts. reduction the size and number system components, increased simplicity operation fuel efficiency system, convenient integration energy storage systems significant economical benefits ship operator. Solid-state bus-tie switches are widely regarded as being an indispensable co...

An active distribution network (ADN) is an electrical-power distribution network that implements a real-time monitoring and control of the electrical resources and the grid. Effective monitoring and control in an ADN is realised by deploying a large number of sensing and actuating intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) and a reliable two-way communication infrastructure that facilitates the tran...

Traditionally power distribution networks are either not observable or only partially observable. This complicates development and implementation of new smart grid technologies, such as those related to demand response, outage detection and management, and improved load-monitoring. Here, inspired by proliferation of the metering technology, we discuss statistical estimation problems in structur...

Outage detection and management has been a long-standing problem in power distribution networks. Outages are caused by protective devices closing off a part of the network to automatically isolate it. Usually, a short circuit fault will trigger this protective operation. We employ the term outage detection to denote the task of finding the status of the protective devices, and the term fault de...