Title :
A US-wide power systems frequency monitoring network
Author_Institution :
Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA
Abstract :
Frequency dynamics is one of the most important measures of an electrical power system. To better understand power system dynamics, accurately measured wide-area frequency is needed. The concept of building an Internet based real-time GPS synchronized wide area frequency monitoring network (FNET) was proposed in 2000, and the actual system has been deployed. The FNET system consists of frequency disturbance recorders (FDR) and an information management system (IMS). The FNET has made the synchronized observations of the entire US power network possible for the first time. This paper summarizes the implementation of the FNET system and shows some preliminary observations and analyses of the data that has been collected from the FNET
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; Internet; computerised monitoring; power engineering computing; power system faults; power system measurement; GPS synchronized wide area frequency monitoring network; Internet; US power network; US-wide power systems frequency monitoring network; electrical power system; frequency disturbance recorders; frequency dynamics; information management system; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency synchronization; IP networks; Monitoring; Power measurement; Power system dynamics; Power system measurements; Power systems; Real time systems; Frequency Disturbance Recorder (FDR); Frequency Monitoring Network (FNET); GPS; Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU); Wide-Area Measurement; power system measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0493-2
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2006.1709046
