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This paper presents the analysis of power supply restoration time after failures occurring in power lines. It found that the power supply restoration time depends on several constituents, such as the time for obtaining information on failures, the time for information recognition, the time to repair failures, and the time for connection harmonization. All these constituents have been considered more specifically. The main constituents’ results values of the power supply restoration time were analyzed for the electrical networks of regional power supply company “Oreolenergo”, a branch of Interregional Distribution Grid Company (IDGC) of Center. The Delphi method was used for determining the time for obtaining information on failures as well as the time for information recognition. The method of mathematical statistics was used to determine the repair time. The determined power supply restoration time (5.28 h) is similar to statistical values of the examined power supply company (the deviation was equal to 9.9%). The technical means of electrical network automation capable of the reduction of the power supply restoration time have also been found. These means were classified according to the time intervals they shorten.

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Development of smart grids for power supply to rural consumers assumes the creation of adaptive voltage regulation systems in 0.38 … 10 kV electrical networks as one of the directions. This paper considers a new approach to create an algorithm for controlling the technical means of regulation and voltage stabilization. The proposed adaptive voltage regulation system allows collecting and processing information on the actual voltage at the consumer inputs and automatically determine the voltage regulation coefficient. The developed mathematical model allows calculating the voltage regulation coefficient depending on the voltage at various points of the 0.38 kV electric network. In the paper there are also new methods of adaptive automatic voltage regulation in the 0.38 kV electrical networks and the requirements to the functional capabilities of this system. The article suggests technical solutions for the implementation of adaptive automatic voltage regulation system. The successful tests of experimental model of this system have been carried out.

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