How Network Topology Affects the Strength of Dangerous Power Grid Perturbations

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Autori principali: Alvares, Calvin, Banerjee, Soumitro
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author Alvares, Calvin
Banerjee, Soumitro
author_facet Alvares, Calvin
Banerjee, Soumitro
contents Reasonably large perturbations may push a power grid from its stable synchronous state into an undesirable state. Identifying vulnerabilities in power grids by studying power grid stability against such perturbations can aid in preventing future blackouts. Probabilistic stability quantifiers such as basin stability, which measures the asymptotic stability of a system, and survivability, which measures the transient stability of a system, have been commonly used to quantify the stability of nodes in a power grid. However, these quantifiers do not provide information about the strength of perturbations that destabilize the system. To measure the strength of perturbations beyond which the stability of the system gets compromised, we employ two probabilistic distance-based stability measures -- basin stability bound, which deals with a system's asymptotic behaviour, and survivability bound, a newly defined stability measure that deals with a system's transient behaviour. Using these stability quantifiers, we conduct a detailed study on the impact of network topology on the strength of dangerous power grid perturbations. In this, we uncover a new class of highly vulnerable nodes that were previously unknown. Additionally, we establish connections with tree-like network structures and node connectivity to lowly stable nodes.
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spellingShingle How Network Topology Affects the Strength of Dangerous Power Grid Perturbations
Alvares, Calvin
Banerjee, Soumitro
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Reasonably large perturbations may push a power grid from its stable synchronous state into an undesirable state. Identifying vulnerabilities in power grids by studying power grid stability against such perturbations can aid in preventing future blackouts. Probabilistic stability quantifiers such as basin stability, which measures the asymptotic stability of a system, and survivability, which measures the transient stability of a system, have been commonly used to quantify the stability of nodes in a power grid. However, these quantifiers do not provide information about the strength of perturbations that destabilize the system. To measure the strength of perturbations beyond which the stability of the system gets compromised, we employ two probabilistic distance-based stability measures -- basin stability bound, which deals with a system's asymptotic behaviour, and survivability bound, a newly defined stability measure that deals with a system's transient behaviour. Using these stability quantifiers, we conduct a detailed study on the impact of network topology on the strength of dangerous power grid perturbations. In this, we uncover a new class of highly vulnerable nodes that were previously unknown. Additionally, we establish connections with tree-like network structures and node connectivity to lowly stable nodes.
title How Network Topology Affects the Strength of Dangerous Power Grid Perturbations
topic Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00552