• DocumentCode
    3015124
  • Title

    The main causes of incidents in the Portuguese Transmission System — Their characterization and how they can be used for risk assessment

  • Author

    De Almeida, Susana A B ; Pestana, Rui ; Barbosa, F. P Maciel

  • Author_Institution
    Grid Oper. Dept., Rede Electr. Nac., Lisbon, Portugal
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    27-29 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper aims to characterize accurately each incident main cause, to analyse their occurrence with the intrinsic characteristics of the Portuguese territory, including geographical and meteorological data, and to define the requirements and guidelines to use this information as input for a risk assessment methodology, whose main purpose is to support control room operators in their continuous task.
  • Keywords
    power transmission; risk management; Portuguese territory; Portuguese transmission system; control room operators; geographical data; meteorological data; risk assessment methodology; Control systems; Electricity supply industry; Power generation; Power system economics; Power system protection; Power system security; Risk management; Stress; Uncertainty; Wind energy generation; Incidents; Main Causes; Operation; Portuguese Transmission Grid; Risk;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Market, 2009. EEM 2009. 6th International Conference on the European
  • Conference_Location
    Leuven
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4455-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EEM.2009.5207218
  • Filename
    5207218