Synchronized Phasor Measurement Applications in Power Systems

Author

De La Ree, Jaime ; Centeno, Virgilio ; Thorp, James S. ; Phadke, A.G.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

2010

fDate

6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

27

Abstract

Synchronized phasor measurements have become a mature technology with several international manufacturers offering commercial phasor measurement units (PMUs) which meet the prevailing industry standard for synchrophasors. With the occurrence of major blackouts in many power systems around the world, the value of data provided by PMUs has been recognized, and installation of PMUs on power transmission networks of most major power systems has become an important current activity. This paper provides a brief introduction to the PMU and wide-area measurement system (WAMS) technology and discusses the uses of these measurements for improved monitoring, protection, and control of power networks.

Keywords

phase measurement; power system measurement; transmission networks; power network control; power network monitoring; power network protection; power systems; power transmission networks; synchronized phasor measurement application; synchrophasor; wide area measurement system technology; Electrical transients; global positioning system; phasor; phasor measurement unit; power system; power system control; power system monitoring; power system protection; real-time measurements; synchronized measurements; synchrophasor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1949-3053

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSG.2010.2044815

Filename

5447627