Narrowband power line communications for medium voltage Smart Grids

Author

Artale, Giovanni ; Cataliotti, Antonio ; Cosentino, Valentina ; Guaiana, Salvatore ; Di Cara, Dario ; Panzavecchia, Nicola ; Tine, Giovanni ; Fiorelli, Riccardo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Energy, Inf. Eng. & Mathematic Models (DEIM), Univ. di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

3-6 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

469

Lastpage

474

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to show how narrowband power line communications (NB-PLCs) can be a valid solution for medium voltage grids. Advantages and drawbacks of this solution are analyzed, starting from some experimental communication results, which were carried out on the medium power system networks of the islands of Ustica and Favignana, in the presence of the net voltage. Furthermore, some communication architectures and hardware prototypes based on NB-PLCs are proposed for different smart grids applications.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; distributed power generation; distribution networks; smart power grids; Favignana islands; NB-PLC; Ustica islands; medium power system networks; medium voltage smart grids; narrowband power line communications; Couplers; Phase shift keying; Power line communications; Prototypes; Smart grids; Substations; Voltage measurement; communication equipment testing; communication systems; narrow band power line communication; power system communication; power system measurements; smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Venice

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007691

Filename

7007691