Multiparameter Outstation Agents for Cyber-Physical Electrical Grid Security and Restoration

Marissa E. Morales-Rodriguez, Emma Stewart, Peter L. Fuhr

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Abstract

This paper describes the development and deployment of cyberaware sensors to monitor the electrical grid and aid with disaster relief. These cyberaware sensors, outstation agents, provide information of multiple parameters simultaneously acting like a black box. The sensors embedded in the outstation agents and the communication architectures are described. These outstation agents are deployed around electrical substations in stationary and mobile platforms. The data collected from the outstation agents is sent to the utility control center providing information of the current status of the electrical grid. In the event of a disaster, the outstation agents make available information on the state of the grid, failures, and resources available to create an effective restoration pathway.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538634431
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 12 2018
Event2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2018 - Woburn, United States
Duration: Oct 23 2018Oct 24 2018

Publication series

Name2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2018

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWoburn
Period10/23/1810/24/18

Funding

This work was conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). The work performed was supported by the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium strategic partnership with the U. S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is operated for the U. S. Department of Energy by UT-Battelle under contract no. DE-AC05-00OR22725.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC05-00OR22725
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
UT-Battelle

    Keywords

    • Cyber-physical
    • Disaster
    • Grid
    • Internet of things
    • Remote sensing
    • Restoration
    • Sensors
    • Unmanned aerial systems

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