Versatile platforms for wide area synchronous measurements in power distribution systems

Author

Albu, Mihaela ; Heydt, Gerald T. ; Cosmescu, Sergiu-Cristian

Author_Institution

Politeh. Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The advent of advances in power system instrumentation has made possible a range of time synchronized measurements of voltages and currents in full phasor form. These synchronized measurements can be used for direct digital control of the system including voltage control, restoration of service after an outage, stability assessment and subsequent enhancement, and system operation in such a way as to improve expected reliability. This paper contains a discussion of synchronized measurements and their communication and data processing platform hardware and software requirements. Some specific examples are given.

Keywords

distribution networks; power system restoration; wide area networks; power distribution system; power system instrumentation; stability assessment; subsequent enhancement; system operation; voltage control; wide area synchronous measurement; Local area networks; Multiaccess communication; Sensors; Spread spectrum communication; Switches; Universal Serial Bus; Voltage measurement; instrumentation; measurement; phasor measurement units; wide area measurement systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2010

Conference_Location

Arlington, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8046-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAPS.2010.5619971

Filename

5619971