Analysis of a power grid using a Kuramoto-like model

G. Filatrella (), A. H. Nielsen and N. F. Pedersen

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2008, vol. 61, issue 4, 485-491

Abstract: We show that there is a link between the Kuramoto paradigm and another system of synchronized oscillators, namely an electrical power distribution grid of generators and consumers. The purpose of this work is to show both the formal analogy and some practical consequences. The mapping can be made quantitative, and under some necessary approximations a class of Kuramoto-like models, those with bimodal distribution of the frequencies, is most appropriate for the power-grid. In fact in the power-grid there are two kinds of oscillators: the “sources" delivering power to the “consumers". Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2008

Keywords: 05.45.Xt Synchronization; coupled oscillators, 74.50.+r Tunneling phenomena; point contacts, weak links, Josephson effects, 84.70.+p High-current and high-voltage technology: power systems; power transmission lines and cables, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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