Visible to the public Power System Forced Oscillation Caused by Malicious Mode Attack via Coordinated Charging

TitlePower System Forced Oscillation Caused by Malicious Mode Attack via Coordinated Charging
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsLiu, Weidong, Li, Lei, Li, Xiaohui
Conference Name2022 IEEE/IAS Industrial and Commercial Power System Asia (I&CPS Asia)
Keywordscomposability, Coordinated charging, forced oscillation, Hardware, large-scaled electric vehicle load, malicious mode attack, Metrics, Numerical models, numerical simulation, power grid vulnerability analysis, power grids, power system stability, process control, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, Stability analysis
AbstractFor the huge charging demands of numerous electric vehicles (EVs), coordinated charging is increasing in power grid. However, since connected with public networks, the coordinated charging control system is in a low-level cyber security and greatly vulnerable to malicious attacks. This paper investigates the malicious mode attack (MMA), which is a new cyber-attack pattern that simultaneously attacks massive EV charging piles to generate continuous sinusoidal power disturbance with the same frequency as the poorly-damped wide-area electromechanical mode. Thereby, high amplitude forced oscillations are stimulated by MMA, which seriously threats the stability of power systems and the power supply of charging stations. The potential threat of MMA is clarified by investigating the vulnerability of the IoT-based coordinated charging load control system, and an MMA process like Mirai is pointed out as an example. An MMA model is established for impact analysis. A hardware test platform is built for the verification of the MMA model. Test result verified the existence of MMA and the accuracy of the MMA model.
DOI10.1109/ICPSAsia55496.2022.9949689
Citation Keyliu_power_2022