Research Article

An Early Warning Method of Distribution System Fault Risk Based on Data Mining

Table 2

Initial fault feature set of distribution system.

CategoryVariableFeature

Fault dataf1Fault risk level
f2Monthly fault frequency
f3Number of households affected by power failure

Meteorological informationf4Monthly cumulative rainfall
f5Monthly mean temperature
f6Monthly highest temperature
f7Monthly extreme weather days
f8Monthly mean humidity
f9Monthly extreme humidity days
f10Monthly gale days
f11Monthly thunderstorm days
f12Monthly snowy days

Operation dataf13Maximum monthly load
f14Average monthly load
f15Month classification

Parameter dataf16The geographical location classification
f17Feeder construction mode
f18Power supply area classification
f19Length of overhead feeder section
f20Length of cable feeder segment
f21Total length of the feeder
f22Number of feeder segment switches
f23Number of feeder transformers
f24Feeder operation time