Synchrophasors and supporting infrastructure in New Zealand transmission grid

Author

Nair, N.-K.C. ; Peng, J.-C.H. ; Sherry, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

International developments in phasor applications have demonstrated the potential of using phasor measurements to enhance network visibility. Most of these operational experiences are primarily for a large transmission grid or for a network connected to one. The motivation of this panel paper is to share New Zealand´s experience and thus, provide a contrasting insight of Phasor development infrastructure implemented in small island power grid. Since 2007, 10 Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) have been installed in New Zealand, and presently, 3 new PMUs are being added each year. Applications like model validation, detection of ageing equipments and monitoring electromechanical oscillations have been successfully implemented.

Keywords

power grids; transmission networks; New Zealand; phasor measurements; power grid; synchrophasors; transmission grid; Educational institutions; Monitoring; Oscillators; Phasor measurement units; Power system dynamics; Power system stability; Security; New Zealand grid; Phasor Measurement Unit; Wide Area Monitoring System;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6038939

Filename

6038939