Synchronized Phasor Measurements for Smart Grids

The use of advanced technologies is enabling the transformation of power grids to intelligent smart grids with real-time control and monitoring and integration of distributed renewable generation. With the development of phasor measurement units (PMUs) and the availability of real-time measurements, it has become possible to develop different power system applications to enhance stability and perform state estimation, load estimation, power network protection, and wide-area security assessment and reliability of the power grid.

This second edition of Synchronized Phasor Measurements for Smart Grids explores the ways in which these advanced technologies are continuing to improve power grid reliability and flexibility. All chapters have been expanded and updated for the new edition. Coverage includes optimal reliability criterion index (ORC), secured relaying, synchrophasor-assisted visualization, protection and power grid monitoring, cyber-physical attack detection, vulnerability assessment, load and generator parameter estimation, state estimation, wide-area security assessment, and micro phasor measurements for energy management.

Offering a thoroughly updated guide to the use of synchronised phasor measurements application to smart grids, this book is a useful resource for researchers involved with power system monitoring and smart grids.

Maddikara Jaya Bharata Reddy is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India. He is a senior member of IEEE with 20 years of experience in teaching and research in the areas of digital relaying, power system protection, substation automation, wide-area monitoring and protection, and smart grid technologies. In 2010, he received the national-level IEI Young Engineer's Award and has published more than 110 journal and conference papers. He also served as a board member of several related journals.

Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta is a former professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of the Birla Institute of Technology, India. He is an IEEE senior member with more than 30 years in teaching and industry. He was an Electrical Engineer in the captive power plant of the National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Angul, India. He has been involved as a consultant for different industry problems and for testing different electrical equipment. His current research interests include power quality analysis, digital relaying, soft computing applications, smart grid, power system planning, and reliability analysis. He also served as a board member of several related journals.