Thesis
Decentralized coordination building blocks (DCBlocks) for decentralized monitoring and control of smart power grids
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
12/2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004303
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/125130
Abstract
Decentralized Coordination (DC) algorithms for distributed systems are widely used in many applications such as online banking, online shopping, the internet and many more. Here, the processes spread apart in a network coordinate with each other to achieve a common application specific task. DC algorithms are also applicable to wide range of large scale engineering system infrastructure. One such critical engineering infrastructure is the power grid. The common control architecture in traditional power grids for power system monitoring and control has been central control center based (CC), complemented with limited local control. However, with the ongoing and future transitions to the smart electric power grid, the CC based control is becoming unsuitable for the grid’s changing demands. Smart field sensors, renewable energy sources and more Information and Communications Technology methods are being used for monitoring and control. The need for supplementing the conventional CC based power system control to a more decentralized power system control is being advocated. However, the research is mostly in developing decentralized power algorithms. This change need to be supported with robust decentralized computing and communication infrastructure. Many DC algorithms along with different failure models supported by them have been studied and applied for more than three decades. These algorithms can used to provide a robust, fault tolerant solution for developing decentralized power algorithms. This research involves survey of existing and emerging decentralized power applications and survey of various DC algorithms available in computer literature that would be most suitable for these decentralized power applications. Design of Decentralized Coordination Building Blocks (DCBlocks) based on these DC algorithms which can act as a software platform for developing robust power applications is discussed. Few use cases of decentralized power applications using DCBlocks have been provided to show applicability of DCBlocks to a wide spectrum of power system scenarios. A prototype implementation of one of the decentralized power application using DCBlocks platform is demonstrated. Experiments are conducted using wide scale test bed environment like DeterLab for profiling the performance of DCBlocks.
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- Title
- Decentralized coordination building blocks (DCBlocks) for decentralized monitoring and control of smart power grids
- Creators
- Shwetha Niddodi
- Contributors
- DAVID EDWARD BAKKEN (Chair) - Washington State University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School ofCarl H Hauser (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School ofAdam Hahn (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 169
- Identifiers
- 99900896399901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis