Distributed monitoring for the prevention of cascading failures in operational power grids

Martijn Warnier, Stefan Dulman, Yakup Koç and Eric Pauwels

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2017, vol. 17, issue C, 15-27

Abstract: Electrical power grids are vulnerable to cascading failures that can lead to large blackouts. The detection and prevention of cascading failures in power grids are important problems. Currently, grid operators mainly monitor the states (loading levels) of individual components in a power grid. The complex architecture of a power grid, with its many interdependencies, makes it difficult to aggregate the data provided by local components in a meaningful and timely manner. Indeed, monitoring the resilience of an operational power grid to cascading failures is a major challenge.

Keywords: Power Grids; Cascading Failures; Robustness; Real-Time Monitoring; Distributed Computation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2017.03.003

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