Visible to the public Power Grid Security Improvement by Remedial Action Schemes Using Vulnerability Assessment Based on Fault Chains and Power Flow

TitlePower Grid Security Improvement by Remedial Action Schemes Using Vulnerability Assessment Based on Fault Chains and Power Flow
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsKhaledian, Parviz, Johnson, Brian K., Hemati, Saied
Conference Name2018 IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS)
ISBN Number978-1-5386-3596-4
KeywordsCascading Failures, composability, fault chain theory, fault chains, IEEE 14-bus test system, Indexes, large-scale blackout, Load flow, Metrics, power flow, power flow-based method, power grid security improvement, power grid vulnerability analysis, power grids, power system faults, Power system protection, power system security, power system stability, power transmission faults, power transmission lines, power transmission reliability, probability, pubcrawl, remedial action scheme, remedial action schemes, resilience, Resiliency, resilient power grid, vulnerability assessemnt, vulnerability assessment, vulnerability index, vulnerable transmission lines
Abstract

The risk of large-scale blackouts and cascading failures in power grids can be due to vulnerable transmission lines and lack of proper remediation techniques after recognizing the first failure. In this paper, we assess the vulnerability of a system using fault chain theory and a power flow-based method, and calculate the probability of large-scale blackout. Further, we consider a Remedial Action Scheme (RAS) to reduce the vulnerability of the system and to harden the critical components against intentional attacks. To identify the most critical lines more efficiently, a new vulnerability index is presented. The effectiveness of the new index and the impact of the applied RAS is illustrated on the IEEE 14-bus test system.

URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8440412
DOI10.1109/PMAPS.2018.8440412
Citation Keykhaledian_power_2018