In this work we study the problem of State Estimation (SE) in large-scale, 3-phase coupled, unbalanced distribution systems. More specifically, we address the problem of including mixed real-time measurements, synchronized and unsynchronized, from phasor measurement units and smart meters, into existing solutions. We propose a computationally efficient twostep method to update a prior solution ...

Feature selection of input features is the key issue for pattern recognition-based transient stability assessment (TSA) methods. Considering the possible real-time information provided by phasor measurement units, a group of system-level classification features are firstly extracted from the power system operation condition to construct the original feature set. Then kernelized fuzzy rough sets...

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) are important devices for protection, monitoring, and control of modern power systems. Unlike the supervisory data acquisition (SCADA) system which only measure magnitude, PMUs can provide a set synchronized phasor measurements with high sampling rate accuracy less than one second, better monitoring especially during outages. Since costly devices, operator is not...

In [4], we have studied the statistical properties and mono-fractality of the power system time series, voltage magnitude (V), frequency (f), and phase angle (θ). The power system data was measured using three Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) installed at Baylor University, Harris Substation, McDonald Observatory in the Texas Synchrophasor Network [1]. Our analysis of several data sets has shown...

In this paper we propose two algorithms to identify the equivalent topology of reduced-order models of power systems using measurements of phase angles and frequencies available from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs). We first show that the topology identification problem can be posed as a parameter estimation problem. Thereafter, we extract the slow oscillatory component of the PMU measurements ...

A synchrophasor system solution generally incorporates precise timing sources, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), Phasor Data Concentrators (PDCs), communication network and phasor based applications. Even though all components may pass the laboratory tests, there is no guaranty that everything will work properly together after installation and deployment in the field. To preserve an acceptable l...

This paper presents preventive and emergency control measures for on line transient stability (security) enhancement. For insecure operating state, generation rescheduling based on a real power generation shift factor (RPGSF) is proposed as a preventive control measure to bring the system back to secure operating state. For emergency operating state, two emergency control strategies namely gene...

Synchronized phasor measurement units (PMUs) are becoming a reality in more and more power systems, mainly at the transmission level. This paper presents, in a tutorial manner, the benefits that existing and future State Estimators (SE) can achieve by incorporating these devices in the monitoring process. After a review of the relevant PMU technological aspects and the associated deployment iss...