Designing the Next Generation of Real-Time Control, Communication, and Computations for Large Power Systems

K Tomsovic; D.E Bakken; V Venkatasubramanian; A Bose

doi:10.1109/JPROC.2005.847249

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Designing the Next Generation of Real-Time Control, Communication, and Computations for Large Power Systems

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Designing the Next Generation of Real-Time Control, Communication, and Computations for Large Power Systems

K Tomsovic, D.E Bakken, V Venkatasubramanian and A Bose

Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol.93(5), pp.965-979

05/2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2005.847249

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Abstract

Real time systems

quality of service (QoS)

Communication system control

Power system control

Power system economics

Control systems

Power grids

wide-area control

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)

Power system interconnection

Distributed control

Power systems

Mesh generation

Power generation

The power grid is not only a network interconnecting generators and loads through a transmission and distribution system, but is overlaid with a communication and control system that enables economic and secure operation. This multilayered infrastructure has evolved over many decades utilizing new technologies as they have appeared. This evolution has been slow and incremental, as the operation of the power system consisting of vertically integrated utilities has, until recently, changed very little. The monitoring of the grid is still done by a hierarchical design with polling for data at scanning rates in seconds that reflects the conceptual design of the 1960s. This design was adequate for vertically integrated utilities with limited feedback and wide-area controls; however, the thesis of this paper is that the changing environment, in both policy and technology, requires a new look at the operation of the power grid and a complete redesign of the control, communication and computation infrastructure. We provide several example novel control and communication regimes for such a new infrastructure.

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Title: Designing the Next Generation of Real-Time Control, Communication, and Computations for Large Power Systems
Creators: K Tomsovic - Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
D.E Bakken - Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
V Venkatasubramanian - Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
A Bose - Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Publication Details: Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol.93(5), pp.965-979
Academic Unit: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of
Publisher: IEEE
Identifiers: 99900547996501842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article