IEVref:692-08-01ID:
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: interruption frequency per customer served
Synonym1: system average interruption frequency index, CA US
[Preferred]
Synonym2: SAIFI
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Symbol: fCS
Definition: number of interruptions of supply to individual customers during a given time interval, divided by the product of the total number of customers and the duration of that time interval

Note 1 to entry: If the power supply to customer j is interrupted nj times during a time interval of duration T, and the total number of customers served is NS, then interruption frequency per customer served is given by

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Note 2 to entry: Usually, only sustained interruptions are considered.

Note 3 to entry: The term "customer" represents the end user and not some intermediate distribution system or company.

Note 4 to entry: Interruption frequency per customer served can be used to describe past performance or to estimate expected future performance.

Note 5 to entry: This entry was numbered 191-27-01 in IEC 60050-191:1990.


Publication date:2017-12-15
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