Power System Monitoring and Control

1An Introduction on Power System Monitoring

The power system is a huge system as a result of interconnections between each service area to improve reliability and economic efficiency. The social system has been mainly developed based on electrical energy for a better life and economic growth. On the other hand, the power system is exposed to the natural environment at all times; thus, the system has some small or large disturbances, for example, by lightning, storm, and apparatus faults. Under these conditions, the system should maintain stable operation to avoid blackouts in the whole system using appropriate protection and control schemes. However, in a large-scale interconnected system, there are some difficulties in evaluating and maintaining the stability of the whole system.

Recently, a new issue in power systems has come out, which is the penetration of renewable energy sources, bringing more uncertainty that requires more severe operation. For energy security, the introduction of renewable energy sources is indispensable; therefore, to maintain system reliability and make efficient use of sustainable energy, power system monitoring should be a key technology to achieve flexible operation in the system.

On the other hand, in recent years, the development of information and communication technology (ICT) has enabled more flexibility in wide-area monitoring of power systems with fast and large data transmission. Especially, the wide-area measurement system (WAMS) with ...