Geomagnetic Disturbance Modeling Results for the AEP System: A Case Study Conference Paper

abstract

• Geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) drive geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) into the power grid. These have the potential to cause half-cycle saturation of transformers and increase their reactive power consumption. This paper provides an illustrative assessment of GMD impacts on a bulk electric system such as the American Electric Power (AEP) East system. This is done by integrating GIC analysis into power flow studies of the system. Parts of the system likely to experience high GICs are identified, with a corresponding analysis of the impacts on system voltages. Some background on the GMD-integrated power flow modeling approach is provided. 2013 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2013 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting

authors

• Overbye, Thomas

published proceedings

• 2013 IEEE POWER AND ENERGY SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING (PES)

author list (cited authors)

• Shetye, K. S., Overbye, T. J., Qiu, Q., & Fleeman, J.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Shetye, Komal S||Overbye, Thomas J||Qiu, Qun||Fleeman, Jeffrey

publication date

• January 2013

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting  Journal

keywords

• Geomagnetic Disturbances (gmd)
• Geomagnetically Induced Currents (gic)
• Power Flow Studies
• Voltage Collapse

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/pesmg.2013.6672881

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781479913039

start page

• 1

end page

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pesmg.2013.6672881