A Layered Fault Tree Model for Reliability Evaluation of Smart Grids

Guopeng Song, Hao Chen and Bo Guo
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Guopeng Song: School of Information System and Management, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Hao Chen: School of Information System and Management, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Bo Guo: School of Information System and Management, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

Energies, 2014, vol. 7, issue 8, 1-23

Abstract: The smart grid concept has emerged as a result of the requirement for renewable energy resources and application of new techniques. It is proposed as a practical future form of power distribution system. Evaluating the reliability of smart grids is of great importance and significance. Focusing on the perspective of the consumers, this paper proposes a layered fault tree model to distinguish and separate two different smart grid power supply modes. Revised importance measures for the components in the fault tree are presented considering load priority, aiming to find the weak parts of the system and to improve the design and using. A corresponding hierarchical Monte Carlo simulation procedure for reliability evaluation is proposed based on the layered fault tree model. The method proposed in this paper is tested on a case of reliability assessment for the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) system. The proposed technique can be applicable to other forms of smart grids.

Keywords: smart grid; reliability evaluation; layered fault tree; hierarchical simulation (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: 2014
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