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Lesson 1 - 1 Power Grid and What Can Go Wrong

The document discusses cyber infrastructure for the smart grid and potential issues with the electric power grid. It describes the basic structure of power systems including generation, transmission, distribution and loads. Energy control centers monitor and control the grid through SCADA and EMS systems. Several things can go wrong with power grids including lightning, high winds, equipment deterioration, animals, falling trees, accidents, and human errors - all of which can cause faults. Protection equipment like fuses, relays and circuit breakers help detect and remove faults to prevent larger outages.

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Lesson 1 - 1 Power Grid and What Can Go Wrong

The document discusses cyber infrastructure for the smart grid and potential issues with the electric power grid. It describes the basic structure of power systems including generation, transmission, distribution and loads. Energy control centers monitor and control the grid through SCADA and EMS systems. Several things can go wrong with power grids including lightning, high winds, equipment deterioration, animals, falling trees, accidents, and human errors - all of which can cause faults. Protection equipment like fuses, relays and circuit breakers help detect and remove faults to prevent larger outages.

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Cyber Infrastructure for the Smart Grid

Dr. Anurag K. Srivastava, Dr. Carl Hauser, and Dr. Dave Bakken,

Power Grid and What can go wrong

Electric Power Grid


Electric power system grid can be
defined as the entire apparatus of
wires and machines that connects

the sources of electricity with


customers
Power grid is generally divided in

generation, transmission,
distribution and loads

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http://www.ee-scholarship.org/about-power-engineering-careers/video-library/

Power System Structure


Hydro

Gas or CC

Nuclear

Coal

Basics
Generation &
transmission
Substations &
transformers
Control centers

http://tcip.mste.illinois.edu/
Credit: Jim McCally, Iowa State

North American Interconnection

Source: NPR

Energy Control Centers


Energy Control Center (ECC):
SCADA, EMS, operational personnel
Heart (eyes & hands, brains) of the power system

Supervisory control & data acquisition (SCADA):


Supervisory control: remote control of field devices
Data acquisition: monitoring of field conditions
SCADA components:
Master Station: System Nerve Center located in ECC
Remote terminal units: Gathers data at substations; sends to Master
Station
Communications: Links Master Station with Field Devices

Energy management system (EMS)

Topology processor & network configurator


State estimator and power flow model development
Automatic generation control (AGC), Optimal power flow (OPF)
Security assessment and alarm processing

Remote
terminal unit

Communication link

Substation

SCADA Master Station

EMS 1-line diagram

Energy control center with EMS

EMS alarm display

More energy control centers

What Can go Wrong

Lightning
lightning
induced
flashover!

Lightning
Wind and snow

hurry up, I cant


hold it much longer

Deterioration
(insulation failure)

What can go wrong

Lightning
Wind and snow
Deterioration (insulation failure)
Animals (mainly squirrels & snakes, but sometimes.)

Time for a nap?

What can go wrong

Lightning
Wind and snow
Deterioration (insulation failure)
Animals (mainly squirrels & snakes, but sometimes.)
Trees

What can go wrong

Lightning
Wind and snow
Deterioration (insulation failure)
Animals (mainly squirrels & snakes, but sometimes.)
Trees
Accidents
Man made error (mistakes)

All of the previous situations cause faults.


Faults are dangerous situations that can hurt
people and destroy equipment.
Protection equipment removes faults:
Fuses detect faults and melt a wire. Must be
replaced.
Relays detect faults and signal circuit breaker to trip.
Circuit breakers open lines. Can be re-used.

Power Blackouts

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