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Proactive Failure Management in Smart Grids for Improved Resilience (A Methodology for Failure Prediction and Mitigation)
Additional information
Authors
Kaitovic I.,
Lukovic S.,
Malek M.
Type
Article in conference proceedings
Year
2015
Language
English
Abstract
A gradual move in the electric power industry towards Smart Grids brings several challenges to the system operation such as preserving its resilience and ensuring security. As the system complexity grows and a number of failures increases, the need for grid management paradigm shift from reactive to proactive is apparent and can be realized by employing advanced monitoring instruments, data analytics and prediction methods. In order to improve resilience of the Smart Grid and to contribute to efficient system operation, we present a blueprint of a comprehensive methodology for proactive failure management that may also be applied to manage other types of disturbances and undesirable changes. The methodology is composed of three main steps: (i) continuous monitoring of the most indicative features, (ii) prediction of failures and (iii) their mitigation. The approach is complementary to the existing ones that are mainly based on fast detection and localization of grid disturbances, and reactive corrective actions.
Conference proceedings
IEEE GLOBECOM SmartGrid Resilience (SGR) Workshop
Month
December
Meeting place
San Diego, CA, USA
Keywords
Failure Prediction, Proactive Management, Resilience, security, smart grid, Synchrophasor
