Title :
The main causes of incidents in the Portuguese Transmission System — Their characterization and how they can be used for risk assessment
Author :
De Almeida, Susana A B ; Pestana, Rui ; Barbosa, F. P Maciel
Author_Institution :
Grid Oper. Dept., Rede Electr. Nac., Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper aims to characterize accurately each incident main cause, to analyse their occurrence with the intrinsic characteristics of the Portuguese territory, including geographical and meteorological data, and to define the requirements and guidelines to use this information as input for a risk assessment methodology, whose main purpose is to support control room operators in their continuous task.
Keywords :
power transmission; risk management; Portuguese territory; Portuguese transmission system; control room operators; geographical data; meteorological data; risk assessment methodology; Control systems; Electricity supply industry; Power generation; Power system economics; Power system protection; Power system security; Risk management; Stress; Uncertainty; Wind energy generation; Incidents; Main Causes; Operation; Portuguese Transmission Grid; Risk;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Market, 2009. EEM 2009. 6th International Conference on the European
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4455-7
DOI :
10.1109/EEM.2009.5207218
