Synchrophasors Applications in Power System Monitoring, Protection and Control

Dragomir, Ionela-Marilena; Iliescu, Sergiu Stelian

doi:10.1109/cscs.2015.66

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“…Synchrophasor technology was introduced in the early 1980s with a limited view of emerging wide-area applications [7]. Most real-time control applications are still at the laboratory validation stage facing security as a major concern [8], [9]. Phasor devices integrated in power systems mainly use IEEE C37.118.2 communication framework which is susceptible to cyber-attacks due to lack of inherent security features [4].…”

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Demonstrating Cyber-Physical Attacks and Defense for Synchrophasor Technology in Smart Grid

Khan

McLaughlin

Laverty

et al. 2018

2018 16th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST)

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Synchrophasor technology is used for real-time control and monitoring in smart grid. Previous works in literature identified critical vulnerabilities in IEEE C37.118.2 synchrophasor communication standard. To protect synchrophasor-based systems, stealthy cyber-attacks and effective defense mechanisms still need to be investigated. This paper investigates how an attacker can develop a custom tool to execute stealthy man-in-the-middle attacks against synchrophasor devices. In particular, four different types of attack capabilities have been demonstrated in a real synchrophasorbased synchronous islanding testbed in laboratory: (i) command injection attack, (ii) packet drop attack, (iii) replay attack and (iv) stealthy data manipulation attack. With deep technical understanding of the attack capabilities and potential physical impacts, this paper also develops and tests a distributed Intrusion Detection System (IDS) following NIST recommendations. The functionalities of the proposed IDS have been validated in the testbed for detecting aforementioned cyber-attacks. The paper identified that a distributed IDS with decentralized decision making capability and the ability to learn system behavior could effectively detect stealthy malicious activities and improve synchrophasor network security.

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Demonstrating Cyber-Physical Attacks and Defense for Synchrophasor Technology in Smart Grid

Khan

McLaughlin

Laverty

et al. 2018

2018 16th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST)

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“…Another promising direction of using PMUs to improve the protection of generators is the dynamic tracking of the movement of the generator vector along the P-Q coordinates of the diagram with control of its boundary crossing, as well as the limit on static stability for the implementation of the "soft" unloading of the generator in the case of a loss of excitation [79]. The proposed protection algorithm does not provide an instantaneous shutdown of the generator, as in traditional protections, but assumes an assessment of its capabilities for the duration of its operation without a loss of stability.…”

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Directions of Application of Phasor Measurement Units for Control and Monitoring of Modern Power Systems: A State-of-the-Art Review

Pazderin,

Zicmane,

Senyuk

et al. 2023

Energies

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The development of modern power systems is directly related to changes in the traditional principles of management, planning, and monitoring of electrical modes. The mass introduction of renewable energy sources and control devices based on power electronics components contributes to changing the nature of the flow of transient and quasi-established electrical modes. In this area, the problem arises of conducting a more accurate and rapid assessment of the parameters of the electrical regime using synchronized vector measurement devices. The paper presents an extensive meta-analysis of the modern applications of phasor measurement units (PMUs) for monitoring, emergency management and protection of power systems. As a result, promising research directions, the advantages and disadvantages of the existing approaches to emergency management, condition assessment, and relay protection based on PMUs are identified.

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A novel synchronized data-driven composite scheme to enhance photovoltaic (pv) integrated power system grid stability

Shrivastava,

Siddiqui,

Verma

et al. 2024

Energy Reports

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Synchrophasors Applications in Power System Monitoring, Protection and Control

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Demonstrating Cyber-Physical Attacks and Defense for Synchrophasor Technology in Smart Grid

Demonstrating Cyber-Physical Attacks and Defense for Synchrophasor Technology in Smart Grid

Directions of Application of Phasor Measurement Units for Control and Monitoring of Modern Power Systems: A State-of-the-Art Review

A novel synchronized data-driven composite scheme to enhance photovoltaic (pv) integrated power system grid stability

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