A Survey on Power Grid Faults and Their Origins: A Contribution to Improving Power Grid Resilience

Adriana Mar, Pedro Pereira and João F. Martins
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Adriana Mar: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Pedro Pereira: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
João F. Martins: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-21

Abstract: One of the most critical infrastructures in the world is electrical power grids (EPGs). New threats affecting EPGs, and their different consequences, are analyzed in this survey along with different approaches that can be taken to prevent or minimize those consequences, thus improving EPG resilience. The necessity for electrical power systems to become resilient to such events is becoming compelling; indeed, it is important to understand the origins and consequences of faults. This survey provides an analysis of different types of faults and their respective causes, showing which ones are more reported in the literature. As a result of the analysis performed, it was possible to identify four clusters concerning mitigation approaches, as well as to correlate them with the four different states of the electrical power system resilience curve.

Keywords: natural disasters; cyber and physical attacks; system errors; electrical power grid faults; resilient system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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