Taxonomy of PMU Placement Methodologies

Author

Manousakis, Nikolaos M. ; Korres, George N. ; Georgilakis, Pavlos S.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

Volume

27

Issue

2

fYear

2012

fDate

5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1070

Lastpage

1077

Abstract

Utilization of phasor measurement units (PMUs) in the monitoring, protection and control of power systems has become increasingly important in recent years. The aim of the optimal PMU placement (OPP) problem is to provide the minimal PMU installations to ensure full observability of the power system. Several methods, based on mathematical and heuristic algorithms, have been suggested for the OPP problem. This paper presents a thorough description of the state of the art of the optimization methods applied to the OPP problem, analyzing and classifying current and future research trends in this field.

Keywords

installation; phasor measurement; power system control; power system protection; minimal PMU installations; optimal PMU placement problem; phasor measurement units; power system control; power system monitoring; power system protection; taxonomy; Current measurement; Genetic algorithms; Heuristic algorithms; Observability; Optimization; Phasor measurement units; Voltage measurement; Heuristic algorithms; mathematical algorithms; observability; optimal PMU placement (OPP); optimization; phasor measurement units (PMUs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2011.2179816

Filename

6135526