Resilience and Reliability

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Resilience and Reliability

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This study examines a green building retrofit plan through a system dynamics model (SDM) creating symbiosis embedded in a building-scale food-energy-water (FEW) nexus. An indicator approach was employed to exploit cross-domain seams via the use of…

This paper is concerned with the resilient design and operations of process systems in response to disruption events. A general framework for resilience optimization is proposed that incorporates an improved quantitative measure of resilience and a…

More than one year has passed since the outbreak of a new phenomenon in the world, a phenomenon that has affected and transformed all aspects of human life, it is nothing but pandemic of COVID-19. The field of electrical energy is no exception to…

Power grids are cyber-physical systems and can be modelled as network systems where individual units (generators, busbars and loads) are interconnected through physical and cyber links. Network components (nodes/edges) may undergo intentional and/or…

This paper presents an IIoT systems risk assessment methodology focused on privacy, security, safety, resilience and reliability. The methodology is composed of ten phases that comprehends the risks elements to calculate the probability of a threat…

This paper presents a risk assessment in a health IoT system by applying a methodology focused on privacy, security, safety, resilience and reliability. OCARIoT is an IoT system under development that comprehends a variety of components from the…

This paper describes the implementation of synchrophasor-based analysis as a part of Peak Reliability Synchrophasor Project (PRSP). A real-time situational awareness framework that utilizes Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) data was demonstrated to…

This paper proposes a novel cache architecture that uses spare cache blocks to work as back up blocks in a set associative cache, which can operate reliably at voltages well below the manufacturing induced operating voltage (Vccmin). We detect errors…

Because of climate change, power outages caused by severe weather are on the rise. Several researchers and policymakers have been involved in characterizing energy resilience and reliability to highlight the findings and incorporate them into future…

Cloud computing becoming popular now day as, the world is moving towards vitalization and it provide resource to the users depending on their needs by using different resource allocation technique. Resilience and reliability is one of the major issue…

Civil infrastructure provides the range of essential services generally necessary to support a nation's economy and quality of life - arguably entire economies rely on the ability to move goods, people, and information safely and reliably.…

Directionality in millimeter-wave (mmW) systems make link establishment and maintenance challenging, due to the search-time overhead of beam scanning and the vulnerability of directional links to blockages. In this paper, we propose a communication…

Batteries are increasingly becoming a more viable form of grid-level energy storage as time progresses. Among the different types of batteries present, Li-ion batteries have particularly gained widespread popularity due to their high energy density,…

Microgrid (MG) is a small-scale, self-sufficient power system that accommodates various distributed energy resources (DERs), controllable loads, and future distribution systems. Networked microgrids (NMGs) are clusters of MGs, which are physically…

This paper presents the performance evaluation of a net load management (NLM) engine that balances load and generation in an isolated community to power a critical facility after a grid interruption event (e.g., the loss of a large generation unit).…

The digital transformation brought on by 5G is redefining current models of end-to-end (E2E) connectivity and service reliability to include security-by-design principles necessary to enable 5G to achieve its promise. 5G trustworthiness highlights…

In this paper, we develop a controller prototype of a hospital's microgrid energy management system, which integrates distributed energy resources to increase resilience and sustainability. We define the resilience objective as restoration of power…

This paper is based on the premise that the principal purpose of science and technological development should be the well-being of society in harmony with environmental sustainability. Vaclav Smil [1] argues “commonly used measures of energy use – be…

Now a days, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are emerging as a challenging and interesting area. Wireless Sensor Network consists of a large number of heterogeneous or homogeneous sensor nodes which communicates through wireless medium and works…

Microgrid assets are built by utilities to improve the resilience and reliability of segments of the distribution system. Controllers with advanced capabilities will operate and control these microgrids with diverse energy technologies, which vary…

Networked flying platforms can be used to provide cellular coverage and capacity. Given that 5G and beyond networks are expected to be always available and highly reliable, resilience and reliability of these networks must be investigated. This paper…

The success of blockchain-based solutions, not only on a large scale, but since the beginning of the pilot phase, depends on a set of key factors such as performance, efficiency, usability, scalability. In particular, security, privacy and trust are…

Opting for a multiphase electrical machine may provide, in several industrial cases, significant benefits in terms of performance, resilience and reliability. The interest in multiphase topologies is recently increasing due to the trend for more…

The increase in the number and scale of natural disasters in recent years poses a serious threat and damage to the power system. In turn, total abstinence from damage caused by natural disasters or emergencies is much more difficult and impossible…

Underground cables are a distributed asset in the network which is hard to monitor and perform maintenance. The fault detection and asset management routine practiced by the power system industry are reliability-based but with an increase of extreme…

Summary form only given. Following the Northeast blackout of 2003, the Wide-Area Measurement Systems (WAMS) technology using Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) has tremendously matured for the North American grid. However, with the rapidly increasing…

Grid modernization efforts are on the rise for many utilities in the US with major investments seen in the distribution networks where conventional visibility and control has been scarce. Primary drivers for such investments include the increasing…

Work on the UK's first trials of metropolitan area network (MAN) technology, carried out during 1992, is described. The MAN technology is being used to try a new BT high-speed data service offering known as the switched high-speed data service…

In recent years, Microgrids (MGs), a widely acceptable smaller-scale energy infrastructure, are proved to be valuable in their resilience and reliability specially during extreme disasters that cause blackouts and major grid instabilities and being…

The increased infusion of non-linear devices, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), and Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) into the Smart Grid system has resulted in network imbalance, increased power loss, and decreased power stability. This, in turn,…

Microgrids have been considered an essential component for improving the efficiency, resilience and reliability of the evolving electric power grid. Their modularity adds to the operational flexibility of the system in addition to provision for…

Resilience is used to assess the ability to maintain and recover system performance in an extreme weather, which is one of the most important performance indicators of smart grid. A model for evaluating the hurricane resilience of distribution…

The resilience and reliability of modern power systems are threatened by increasingly severe weather events and cyber-physical security events. An effective restoration methodology is desired to optimally integrate emerging smart grid technologies…

Distribution service restoration (DSR) is critical for improving the resilience and reliability of modern distribution systems by strategically and sequentially energizing the system components and customer loads. Restoring electricity service to…

Driven by global environmental emission issues, energy access in remote communities, and tighter requirements for system resilience and reliability, electricity production is shifting from a centralized paradigm to a decentralized one. In this…

An increasing number of large-scale distributed systems are being built by incorporating Cloud, Fog, and Edge computing. There is an important need of understanding how to ensure the resilience of systems built using Cloud, Fog, and Edge computing.…

Solar energy generation requires efficient monitoring and management in moving towards technologies for net-zero energy buildings. This paper presents a dependable control system based on the Internet of Things (IoT) to control and manage the energy…

WSNs are multihop networks, which depend on the intermediate nodes to relay the data packet to the destination. These nodes are equipped with lesser memory, limited battery power, little computation capability, small range of communication and need a…

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been widely adopted in a range of verticals, e.g., automation, health, energy, and manufacturing. Many of the applications in these sectors, such as self-driving cars and remote surgery, are critical and high stakes…

Resilience is defined as the ability of the power system to maintain a desirable level of performance against severe turbulence and restore over an appropriate period of time. Adverse weather conditions and natural disasters have always led to…

The new developments in mobile edge computing (MEC) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications has positioned 5G and beyond in a strong position to answer the market need towards future emerging intelligent transportation systems and smart city…

Utilities have been installing microgrids because of the increased resilience and reliability advantages they may provide to the distribution system. A microgrid controller is a critical component in microgrids. It is of great benefit to derisk the…

The increasing penetration of behind-the-meter distributed energy resources opens up opportunities to improve distribution grids’ resilience and reliability. In this context, the paper studies islanded operation of radial low-voltage (LV)…

This paper provides a conceptual framework for designing a disaster response system based on Internet of Things (IoT) and Device to Device (D2D) under the new generation 5G mobile networks. The next generation of mobile network and technologies such…

This paper describes about an efficient control strategy applied to DC Microgrid based on various surveys conducted for this study. This DC microgrid is integrated with renewable energy sources. For any Microgrid structure, an efficient control…

Electrical energy is now the biggest driving force on earth. The dependence and widespread use of electricity has its equivalent pros and cons. Thus modernization of the traditional grid system in order to overcome the major setbacks is the need of…

A suitable probabilistic scenario set of load demand and natural characteristics of renewable energy is becoming a crucial issue in power system planning studies. Properly addressing the impact of potentially thousands of residential PV plants on the…

The growth in the use of renewable energy sources, such as solar, requires an energy system with greater flexibility to guarantee efficient integration between the generation sources and loads connected to the grid. Energy storage systems (ESS)…

Smart Grid Technology is an important part of increasing resilience and reliability of power grids. Applying Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) to obtain synchronized phasor measurements, or synchrophasors, provides more detailed, higher fidelity data…

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