Eaton’s Yukon Feeder Automation (YFA) solution is an advanced feeder automation software that focuses on self-healing grid functions such as FLISR (Fault Location, Isolation, Service Restoration). The system is designed to help lower SAIDI and SAIFI metrics by converting sustained outages into momentary outages by means of automated intelligent switching operations. The YFA system leverages real-time data from Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) on the distribution system, to detect system disturbances such as faults and then automatically reconfigure the system to isolate the disturbance and minimize the total number of customers impacted by an outage. Eaton’s Yukon Feeder Automation solution provides utility engineers with the tools to easily design and implement a self-healing grid solution. The YFA system makes changing the automation settings effortless, thereby streamlining the process of incorporating new IEDs or adapting to changing field conditions. The YFA system ease-of-use empowers utilities to incorporate the self-healing grid as a process rather than treating feeder automation as a project.
Quickly detects and isolates faults so that unaffected load sections can be restored via feeders with capacity
Detects loss of voltage situations and can isolate those line sections from the feeder, so that the unaffected sections can be restored
Continuously monitors loading on the system to help prevent overload in the case of an event
Allows for the integration of Distributed Energy Resources on the system and understands by directional-current flow
Can even help to control those resources and manage which feeders to which they are connected
Automation System is not locked into a proprietary format
The system can leverage existing communication networks without the need to establish a new or separate network for automation
Controls from many different manufacturers are available via pull-down menus to integrate those devices easily in the system. This feature means that YFA software does not lock the utility into a single vendor. We also add new devices to the system upon request so that the automation system is future-proof as new devices are developed.
Does not need to be in a "normal" topology to function correctly; this means YFA software can respond in many different situations for a number of different faults
Makes setting up the YFA system straightforward and allows utilities to truly own their automation system
A fully automatic restoration system that requires very little interaction with operators
Is adaptable to the utility's current work practices and can be disabled via in the field commands such as hot line tag or local mode or via operator commands
The exact same logic that powers the automation engine on a YFA simulation machine also powers the YFA production machine
Testing done in simulation can accurately reflect how the production system will operate
This is very different from distributed systems where a simulator can only approximate what might happen because each device\agent operates semi-independently on those types of system and the simulator always runs on a PC, not the actual hardware
Can be deployed to control a system as small as two devices and has operated on systems over 800 feeders in size
The simple configuration makes YFA both very scalable, but also easily maintainable as the utility infrastructure evolves
Since all of the data for a YFA system comes to a centralized location, it is all logged, timestamped and stored in that one location
This makes understanding what happened easy with human readable log events and reports
This allows for a system of continuous improvement on the automation system so that it can be optimized to operate exactly how the utility wants it to be
YFA has the option of having a fully redundant hot standby system, so that if something were to happen to the primary machine, the secondary machine could fill in and take over the system
YFA has undergone extensive security testing and assessments to ensure that it is compliant with the latest best practices in cybersecurity
YFA uses Windows Active Directory for Authentication and ties in roles specific authorization based on that authentication
This allows different users and groups to access the system, but only allows those with the right privileges to make modifications
All of the modifications are tracked and recorded
Windows 7 SP1
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10
Windows Server 2016
x64
1333 MHz
8 GB
2.2 Gigahertz Intel Compatible
500 GB
SATA for better performance or RAID if data persistence is required.
Dual Gigabit Network Adapter
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