System and method for power grid management
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1. A system for power grid management, said power grid having a plurality of generators, transmission lines, transformers, loads and control equipment, said system comprising:
- a communication system for collecting voltage and current data from a first plurality of locations along said plurality of transmission lines,wherein said voltage and current data is supplied to said communication system via at least one phasor measurement unit located along at least one of said power transmission lines in said grid,and wherein said communication system is further configured to collect physical line data corresponding to real time ambient conditions associated with a second plurality of transmission lines selected among said transmission lines based on a determination of key lines based on combination of line flow limits and expected wind conditions on said second plurality of lines, said ambient conditions corresponding to thermal line limits of said second plurality of transmission lines indicating a maximum safe current that can be loaded onto said lines at said ambient conditions;
a state estimation module, configured to receive the voltage and current data from said first plurality of locations as well as said physical line data from said second plurality of transmission lines corresponding to said maximum safe current associated with said thermal tine limits and to generate a continuous series of real time state estimations of a totality of the operating conditions said transmission lines in said entire grid, said estimations including voltages and currents at every location of each of said lines in said grid;
a wide area situational awareness module configured to receive said continuous series of real time estimations output from said state estimation module that was based on said voltage and current data as well as said physical line data corresponding to thermal line limits of said second plurality of transmission lines in said grid and configured to retrieve equipment limit data and to generate a series of system states and limits based on the differences between said output of said state estimation module and said equipment limits; and
an adaptation module configured to receive an output from said wide area situational awareness module and further configured to calculate a continuous series of control actions for said control equipment based on said real time system state and thermal limits for said transmission lines as output from said wide area situational awareness module, said control actions including selection of transmission line usage of said plurality power transmission lines on said grid.
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A system for monitoring a power transmission line includes at least one monitoring device located along the power transmission line configured to provide power transmission line data. A wide area situational awareness module is configured to receive the power transmission line data and an adaptation module is configured to receive output from the wide area situational awareness module and further configured to calculate control actions for the power transmission line based on the power transmission line data.
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1. A system for power grid management, said power grid having a plurality of generators, transmission lines, transformers, loads and control equipment, said system comprising:
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a communication system for collecting voltage and current data from a first plurality of locations along said plurality of transmission lines, wherein said voltage and current data is supplied to said communication system via at least one phasor measurement unit located along at least one of said power transmission lines in said grid, and wherein said communication system is further configured to collect physical line data corresponding to real time ambient conditions associated with a second plurality of transmission lines selected among said transmission lines based on a determination of key lines based on combination of line flow limits and expected wind conditions on said second plurality of lines, said ambient conditions corresponding to thermal line limits of said second plurality of transmission lines indicating a maximum safe current that can be loaded onto said lines at said ambient conditions; a state estimation module, configured to receive the voltage and current data from said first plurality of locations as well as said physical line data from said second plurality of transmission lines corresponding to said maximum safe current associated with said thermal tine limits and to generate a continuous series of real time state estimations of a totality of the operating conditions said transmission lines in said entire grid, said estimations including voltages and currents at every location of each of said lines in said grid; a wide area situational awareness module configured to receive said continuous series of real time estimations output from said state estimation module that was based on said voltage and current data as well as said physical line data corresponding to thermal line limits of said second plurality of transmission lines in said grid and configured to retrieve equipment limit data and to generate a series of system states and limits based on the differences between said output of said state estimation module and said equipment limits; and an adaptation module configured to receive an output from said wide area situational awareness module and further configured to calculate a continuous series of control actions for said control equipment based on said real time system state and thermal limits for said transmission lines as output from said wide area situational awareness module, said control actions including selection of transmission line usage of said plurality power transmission lines on said grid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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