Method to suppress cascading failures in a transmission network
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1. A system for reducing a probability of large-scale failures in a transmission network, the system comprising:
- one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon such that when executed, the one or more processors perform operations of;
receiving input data regarding tripped or damaged transmission lines in a transmission network following a cascading failure, wherein a circuit breaker having a tripping threshold is connected with each transmission line;
identifying a subset of transmission lines connected with circuit breakers to be modified;
randomly selecting at least one unbroken transmission line, wherein the subset of transmission lines comprises all tripped or damaged transmission lines plus the at least one unbroken transmission line;
specifying a capacity threshold value for each transmission line in the subset of transmission lines to alter long-term dynamics of the transmission network;
following the cascading failure, suppressing power-law distributed cascading failures by causing the circuit breaker to be electronically reset or causing the tripping threshold of the circuit breaker to be altered,wherein a distribution of any future cascading failure is sub-critical, such that the greater a size of any future cascading failure, the less it is to occur; and
performing a cascading failure simulation of the transmission network.
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Abstract
Described is a system for reducing the probability of large-scale failures in a transmission network. Tripped or damaged transmission lines in a transmission network are identified following a cascading failure. After each cascading failure, a subset of transmission lines is updated according to a specified rule to alter long-term dynamics of the transmission network such that the transmission network does not converge into a critical state.
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1. A system for reducing a probability of large-scale failures in a transmission network, the system comprising:
one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon such that when executed, the one or more processors perform operations of; receiving input data regarding tripped or damaged transmission lines in a transmission network following a cascading failure, wherein a circuit breaker having a tripping threshold is connected with each transmission line; identifying a subset of transmission lines connected with circuit breakers to be modified; randomly selecting at least one unbroken transmission line, wherein the subset of transmission lines comprises all tripped or damaged transmission lines plus the at least one unbroken transmission line; specifying a capacity threshold value for each transmission line in the subset of transmission lines to alter long-term dynamics of the transmission network; following the cascading failure, suppressing power-law distributed cascading failures by causing the circuit breaker to be electronically reset or causing the tripping threshold of the circuit breaker to be altered, wherein a distribution of any future cascading failure is sub-critical, such that the greater a size of any future cascading failure, the less it is to occur; and performing a cascading failure simulation of the transmission network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for reducing a probability of large-scale failures in a transmission network, comprising:
an act of causing one or more processors to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory memory such that upon execution, the one or more processors perform operations of; receiving input data regarding tripped or damaged transmission lines in a transmission network following a cascading failure, wherein a circuit breaker having a tripping threshold is connected with each transmission line; identifying a subset of transmission lines connected with circuit breakers to be modified; randomly selecting at least one unbroken transmission line, wherein the subset of transmission lines comprises all tripped or damaged transmission lines plus the at least one unbroken transmission line; specifying a capacity threshold value for each transmission line in the subset of transmission lines to alter long-term dynamics of the transmission network; following the cascading failure, suppressing power-law distributed cascading failures by causing the circuit breaker to be electronically reset or causing the tripping threshold of the circuit breaker to be altered, wherein a distribution of any future cascading failure is sub-critical, such that the greater a size of any future cascading failure, the less it is to occur; and performing a cascading failure simulation of the transmission network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for reducing a probability of large-scale failures in a transmission network, the computer program product comprising:
computer-readable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that are executable by a computer having one or more processors for causing the processor to perform operations of; receiving input data regarding tripped or damaged transmission lines in a transmission network following a cascading failure, wherein a circuit breaker having a tripping threshold is connected with each transmission line; identifying a subset of transmission lines connected with circuit breakers to be modified; randomly selecting at least one unbroken transmission line, wherein the subset of transmission lines comprises all tripped or damaged transmission lines plus the at least one unbroken transmission line; specifying a capacity threshold value for each transmission line in the subset of transmission lines to alter long-term dynamics of the transmission network; following the cascading failure, suppressing power-law distributed cascading failures by causing the circuit breaker to be electronically reset or causing the tripping threshold of the circuit breaker to be altered, wherein a distribution of any future cascading failure is sub-critical, such that the greater a size of any future cascading failure, the less it is to occur; and performing a cascading failure simulation of the transmission network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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