Through a comprehensive and aggressive research program, the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) has designed, developed and installed several new products to address the environmental impact of leaked dielectric fluid from…
Today, due to intentional and unintentional events, the resilience and reliability of modern distribution networks is under attack. Reliable and quick service restoration (SR) strategy is a key factor to improve self-healing and resupplying out of…
This chapter aims to acquaint the reader with the discipline of grid architecture as the basis for introducing a structural approach to the definition, characterization, and analysis of electric power system resilience. It provides the reader with an…
As extreme weather events have become more frequent in recent years, improving the resilience and reliability of power systems has become an important area of concern. In this paper, a robust preventive-corrective security-constrained optimal power…
Implementing voluntary Demand Response (DR) in real-time or close to real-time is technically feasible because of the deployment of smart grid infrastructures such as smart meters, remote control units, and mobile communication devices. However, most…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 presents a co-optimization planning model that considers the long-term interdependency of natural gas and electricity infrastructures. The model incorporates the natural gas transportation planning objective in the co-optimization planning…
The need to supply the ever-increasing load demand in combination with the requirement of environmental preservation has introduced variable renewable generation in the generation mix of the modern power grid. Nevertheless, due to the transience and…
This paper presents an energy storage system (ESS) sizing model and reliability assessment framework to quantify reliability improvements due to ESS of electric energy systems with high penetration of renewables. The model formulation takes into…
An intelligent micro-grid management and application architecture are proposed with a mobile energy storage system. The main objective is to use the mobile energy storage system as flexible backup power for the power outage. With GPS positioning and…
The articles in this special section focus on power system security. As the power industry moves from a capacity-limited to an energyconstrained generation mix, diverse situations impact energy security. Environmental considerations may prevent the…
Growing interest in the intermittent renewable energy sources may jeopardize the flexibility of power systems. In order to improve the flexibility of modern power systems, the surplus electricity generated by renewable sources can be deployed into…
In the last decade, a number of severe urban power outages have been caused by extreme natural disasters, e.g., hurricanes, snowstorms and earthquakes, which highlights the need for rethinking current planning principles of urban energy systems and…
To guarantee the reliable operation of integrated gas and system, it is essential to consider the reliability issues in the system planning. Considering that, this paper proposes the energy production element planning model of integrated gas and…
The need to supply the ever-increasing load demand in combination with the requirement of environmental preservation has introduced variable renewable generation in the generation mix of the modern power grid. Nevertheless, due to the transience and…
This paper presents an energy storage system (ESS) sizing model and reliability assessment framework to quantify reliability improvements due to ESS of electric energy systems with high penetration of renewables. The model formulation takes into…
An intelligent micro-grid management and application architecture are proposed with a mobile energy storage system. The main objective is to use the mobile energy storage system as flexible backup power for the power outage. With GPS positioning and…
The evolving nature of electricity production, transmission, and consumption necessitates an update to the IEEE's Reliability Test System (RTS), which was last modernized in 1996. The update presented here introduces a generation mix more…
This paper presents the feasibility and design of a Microgrid (MG) for Demand Response (DR), demand peak shaving, and energy arbitrage using a real-world test case, located in Texas. The real-world study MG consisted of natural gas generators and a…
The reliability evaluation of integrated power-gas systems (IPGS) becomes critical due to the high dependency of the two energy systems. Once a contingent incident happens in one system, the other system will accordingly be affected. In this paper, a…
Microgrids (MGs) offer a new paradigm for the operation of electricity networks, allowing end users to significantly improve the power quality and, more importantly, reliability of their power supply systems. While it is clear that MGs offer a…
Urban multi-energy systems (UMESs) are integrated energy systems (IESs) which can alleviate the current energy crisis, improve energy utilization and realize multi-energy complementarity of modern. Various subsystems involved in the coupling of…
The installation and use of a 3500 HP adjustable-speed drive on a crude-oil/natural-gas pipeline is described. The unit presented is a variable-frequency induction motor drive using gate turn-off thyristors. It increased the capacity of the pipeline…
The introduction of microprocessor-based plant control occurred shortly before 1980 with simple single-loop controllers. This technology quickly evolved into a DCS with control processor redundancy, high-density input/output systems, and a human…
The installation and use of a 3500 HP adjustable-speed drive on a crude-oil/natural-gas pipeline is described. The unit presented is a variable-frequency induction motor drive using gate turn-off thyristors. It increased the capacity of the pipeline…
Series pumps are used to boost oil flow in pipeline applications. Motors for these applications can be used in numerous configurations, both fixed speed and variable. Using operational data from a large pipeline company's historical database, various…
This paper discusses some of the issues associated with operating a large products pipeline system, which is typically fed from multiple, very reliable, utility owned electric systems, temporarily on distributed generation. As a result of hurricane…
Urban multi-energy systems (UMESs) are integrated energy systems (IESs) which can alleviate the current energy crisis, improve energy utilization and realize multi-energy complementarity of modern. Various subsystems involved in the coupling of…
This paper summarizes reliability analyses of gas/electric system interdependency performed in the Northeast, as well as report on the status of North American investigations by the NERC Gas/Electric Interdependency Task Force. The majority of new…
Studies conducted by ISO New England have identified risks related to disruptions in fuel-supply chains. The results show that New England continues to face potential reliability risks and exposure to high wholesale electric energy costs. The primary…
This paper presents a co-optimization planning model that considers the long-term interdependency of natural gas and electricity infrastructures. The model incorporates the natural gas transportation planning objective in the co-optimization planning…
One of the most promising applications for wind energy is its use in electric power systems for remote isolated locations. Currently most remote and isolated communities depend on conventional diesel fuel for their electricity supply. Diesel…
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) have the potential to increase the use of electricity to fuel the U.S. transportation needs. The effect of this additional demand on the electric system will depend on the amount and timing of the vehicles'…
Natural gas is increasingly becoming the preferred choice of fuel for flexible electricity generation globally resulting in an electricity system whose reliability is progressively dependent on that of the natural gas transportation system. The…
The microgrid is a miniature power supply load and an independent control system to provide local power and heat. This concept provides a new model to describe the microgrid operation
The evolving nature of electricity production, transmission, and consumption necessitates an update to the IEEE's Reliability Test System (RTS), which was last modernized in 1996. The update presented here introduces a generation mix more…
This paper presents the feasibility and design of a Microgrid (MG) for Demand Response (DR), demand peak shaving, and energy arbitrage using a real-world test case, located in Texas. The real-world study MG consisted of natural gas generators and a…
This paper investigates the formulation of a general optimal energy flow (OEF) problem for integrated energy systems, paying particular attention to "hydrogen economy" issues, i.e. production, distribution and utilization of hydrogen, as well as…
The reliability evaluation of integrated power-gas systems (IPGS) becomes critical due to the high dependency of the two energy systems. Once a contingent incident happens in one system, the other system will accordingly be affected. In this paper, a…
Supply side and user side power quality problems have a large influence on the uptime of spinning plants. This application paper covers some of the concerns and the means to overcome the problems. In general stored energy is used to ride through the…
Island territories are often blessed with abundant renewable resources, but tend to depend mainly on imported petroleum products for power generation, as shown by a comparative study of several islands' energy mixes. Furthermore, power supply is…