Electric Grid Topology and Admittance Estimation using Phasor Measurements

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Hauptverfasser: Rin, Norak, Shames, Iman, Petersen, Ian, Ratnam, Elizabeth
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author Rin, Norak
Shames, Iman
Petersen, Ian
Ratnam, Elizabeth
author_facet Rin, Norak
Shames, Iman
Petersen, Ian
Ratnam, Elizabeth
contents Recent advances in precise phasor measurement units are enabling new approaches to estimate distribution and transmission grid parameters in real-time. In this paper, we investigate voltage and current phasor measurement requirements to estimate the electric grid topology and admittance parameters. We show necessary and sufficient conditions for the number of independent operating points (measurements) required to determine the topology and admittance of a completely unknown electric grid. With prior topology information, we also show that there is a minimum number of measurements required to uniquely determine the admittance matrix and corresponding grid topology. In the presence of noisy phasor measurements, we show that the admittance matrix can be estimated using a structured total least squares approach. By means of numerical simulations on the IEEE 13-node distribution feeder, the IEEE 14-node transmission network, and the IEEE 123-node distribution feeder, we demonstrate our approach is suitable for applications in radial and mesh grid topologies in the presence of measurement noise.
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spellingShingle Electric Grid Topology and Admittance Estimation using Phasor Measurements
Rin, Norak
Shames, Iman
Petersen, Ian
Ratnam, Elizabeth
Systems and Control
Recent advances in precise phasor measurement units are enabling new approaches to estimate distribution and transmission grid parameters in real-time. In this paper, we investigate voltage and current phasor measurement requirements to estimate the electric grid topology and admittance parameters. We show necessary and sufficient conditions for the number of independent operating points (measurements) required to determine the topology and admittance of a completely unknown electric grid. With prior topology information, we also show that there is a minimum number of measurements required to uniquely determine the admittance matrix and corresponding grid topology. In the presence of noisy phasor measurements, we show that the admittance matrix can be estimated using a structured total least squares approach. By means of numerical simulations on the IEEE 13-node distribution feeder, the IEEE 14-node transmission network, and the IEEE 123-node distribution feeder, we demonstrate our approach is suitable for applications in radial and mesh grid topologies in the presence of measurement noise.
title Electric Grid Topology and Admittance Estimation using Phasor Measurements
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00404