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Research on Resilience of Power Systems under Natural Disasters - A Review

  • Yezhou Wang
  • , Chen Chen
  • , Jianhui Wang
  • , Ross Baldick
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Argonne National Laboratory

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Abstract

Natural disasters can cause large blackouts. Research into natural disaster impacts on electric power systems is emerging to understand the causes of the blackouts, explore ways to prepare and harden the grid, and increase the resilience of the power grid under such events. At the same time, new technologies such as smart grid, micro grid, and wide area monitoring applications could increase situational awareness as well as enable faster restoration of the system. This paper aims to consolidate and review the progress of the research field towards methods and tools of forecasting natural disaster related power system disturbances, hardening and pre-storm operations, and restoration models. Challenges and future research opportunities are also presented in the paper.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7105972
Pages (from-to)1604-1613
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Blackout restoration
  • natural disasters
  • power systems operation

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