Title :
Safeguarding the Supergrid
Author :
Smeets, Rene?Œ??
fDate :
12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Imagine a blazingly hot day in central China, when all the air conditioners in every megacity are running at full blast. Through the remote mountains of Shanxi province, the major transmission lines that carry ultrahigh-voltage electricity to the cities are operating at close to maximum capacity.
Keywords :
circuit breakers; power grids; power transmission protection; circuit breakers; supergrid; transmission lines; ultrahigh-voltage electricity; Circuit breakers; Cities and towns; Integrated circuit modeling; Laboratories; Plasmas; Power transmission lines; Short-circuit currents;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7335799