This paper studies robust event classification using imperfect real-world phasor measurement unit (PMU) data. By analyzing the PMU data, we find it is challenging to directly use this dataset for classifiers due low data quality observed in measurements and logs. To address these challenges, develop a novel machine learning framework training classifiers, which consists of three main steps: pre...

In this paper we propose two algorithms to identify the equivalent topology of reduced-order models of power systems using measurements of phase angles and frequencies available from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs). We first show that the topology identification problem can be posed as a parameter estimation problem. Thereafter, we extract the slow oscillatory component of the PMU measurements ...

Electric power system is a critical infrastructure and loss of its resilience and/or operability can lead to negative consequences for the national economy. Modern power systems based on sophisticated computer and communication technologies are characterized by elevated vulnerability to different types of unauthorized malicious access, i.e. cyber-attacks. Wide area measurement system which is b...

Synchronized phasor measurement units (PMUs) are becoming a reality in more and more power systems, mainly at the transmission level. This paper presents, in a tutorial manner, the benefits that existing and future State Estimators (SE) can achieve by incorporating these devices in the monitoring process. After a review of the relevant PMU technological aspects and the associated deployment iss...

In this paper, we study the placement of phasor measurement units (PMU) for enhancing hybrid state estimation via the traditional Gauss-Newton method, which uses measurements from both PMU devices and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. To compare the impact of PMU placements, we introduce a useful metric which accounts for three important requirements in power system stat...

Synchrophasor data generated by Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) allow time synchronized observations of disturbances and power oscillations on an electric grid caused by sudden generation loss, topology modifications and load changes. As PMUs expose (noisy) data streams with harmonic content in excess of 30Hz sampling, automatic detection and quantification of disturbance events is essential. F...

The Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) is considered to be one of the most important measuring devices in the future of power system. The difference comes from its unique ability to provide synchronized phasor measurements of voltages and currents from widely dispersed locations in an electric power grid called synchrophasor technology .In SCADA system, the measured quantities remain constant during...

The paper presents the design principles of a Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) that implements both the absolute and relative time data pushing logics together with a third one that aims at minimizing the latency introduced by the PDC without increasing the data incompleteness, as suggested in the IEEE Guide C37.244-2013. The performance of the aforementioned logics are assessed and compared in t...

The electrical quantities of future power networks are expected to exhibit strong fluctuations caused by dynamic bidirectional energy flows transferred from/to a multitude of “prosumers”. Such variations have to be accurately measured in real-time either for efficient power distribution or for safety and protection purposes. This task can be accomplished by the Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), ...

Smart grids are the latest technology to generate and dispatch an optimal amount of power. Thus, there is a need for stability analysis in smart grid systems. If incorporated into power system, then phasor measurement unit (PMU) used measure voltage, current, frequency. Additionally, central control monitors controls However, possibility inserting wrong data as PMUs transmitting through Interne...