Impact of super-cyclone Phailin on power System operation — Defense mechanism and lesson learned

Author

Mukhopadhyay, Saibal ; Soonee, Sushil K. ; Agrawal, Vinod Kumar ; Narasimhan, S.R. ; Saxena, Samir C.

Author_Institution

EEE/ECE Dept., Guru Gobind Singh Indra Prastha Univ., New Delhi, India

fYear

2014

fDate

27-31 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

On October 12 and 13, 2013 devastating super-cyclone (also known as hurricane) Phailin struck the east coast of peninsular India, mainly the state of Odisha and then to some extent Andhra Pradesh lying on the western side of Bay of Bengal. With accurate forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department, wide-scale damage to properties and loss of life could be prevented by timely massive evacuation. Adequate preventive measures were taken for the power supply system as a whole with the availability of online monitored data including those received from Phasor Measurement Units. Even deployment of large-scale portable Diesel-Generating sets on the power generation front and Emergency Restoration System for the transmission system helped to minimize supply disruption time and in post-super-cyclone period in coming back to normalcy.

Keywords

emergency power supply; phasor measurement; power system restoration; storms; emergency restoration system; hurricane; large-scale portable diesel-generating sets; online monitored data; phasor measurement units; post-super-cyclone period; power generation front; power system operation; preventive measures; super-cyclone Phailin; transmission system; Cyclones; HVDC transmission; Monitoring; Phasor measurement units; Poles and towers; Power transmission lines; Wind speed; Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale; emergency restoration system; phasor measurement unit; smart grid; super-cyclone Phailin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

National Harbor, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939338

Filename

6939338