Power grid failure detection system and method
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1. A power grid monitoring system comprising:
- at least one power line sensor, each sensor measuring frequency of alternating current carried by the power grid; and
an analysis block, the analysis block processing data gathered by the at least one sensor, the analysis block determining instability in the power grid,where the analysis block converts sensor data from a time based domain to a frequency domain,where the analysis block identifies peaks in the frequency domain,where identified peaks with dampening ratios less than 0.7 indicate grid instability.
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Abstract
Electric power grids are usually constantly monitored for AC frequency. The monitoring of the AC frequency, however, usually does not reveal information that would indicate impending failure in the power grid. This document describes several techniques for detecting impending failure in the power grid by examining line data in the frequency domain.
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47 Claims
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1. A power grid monitoring system comprising:
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at least one power line sensor, each sensor measuring frequency of alternating current carried by the power grid; and an analysis block, the analysis block processing data gathered by the at least one sensor, the analysis block determining instability in the power grid, where the analysis block converts sensor data from a time based domain to a frequency domain, where the analysis block identifies peaks in the frequency domain, where identified peaks with dampening ratios less than 0.7 indicate grid instability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of detecting instability in a power grid comprising:
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collecting data from at least one sensor, wherein the data represent measured frequency of alternating current carried by the power grid; converting the data to a frequency domain; and identifying characteristics in the data that indicate instability, wherein identifying characteristics in the data comprises identifying a first peak in the frequency domain with an amplitude at least 2.25 times a first normalized amplitude. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A power grid monitoring system comprising:
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at least one power line sensor, each sensor measuring frequency of alternating current carried by the power grid; and an analysis block, the analysis block processing data gathered by the at least one sensor, the analysis block determining instability in the power grid, where the analysis block calculates a moving window average of absolute phase difference between at least one pair of sensors, where the average indicates grid instability if the average exceeds a predetermined threshold, where the moving window comprises a predetermined amount of time, where the moving window comprises at least 5 minutes.
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