Power Grid Sensitivity Analysis of Geomagnetically Induced Currents Academic Article

abstract

• Geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) have the potential to severely disrupt power grid operations, and hence their impact needs to be assessed through planning studies. This paper presents a methodology for determining the sensitivity of the GICs calculated for individual and/or groups of transformers to the assumed quasi-dc electric fields on the transmission lines that induce the GICs. Example calculations are provided for two small systems and for the North American Eastern Interconnect model. Results indicate that transformer GICs are mostly due to the electric fields on nearby transmission lines, implying localized electric field models may be appropriate for such studies. 2013 IEEE.

authors

• Overbye, Thomas

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS

author list (cited authors)

• Overbye, T. J., Shetye, K. S., Hutchins, T. R., Qiu, Q., & Weber, J. D.

citation count

• 67

complete list of authors

• Overbye, Thomas J||Shetye, Komal S||Hutchins, Trevor R||Qiu, Qun||Weber, James D

publication date

• November 2013

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS  Journal

keywords

• Geomagnetic Disturbance (gmd)
• Geomagnetically Induced Currents (gics)
• Power Flow
• Power System Sensitivity Analysis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2274624

start page

• 4821

end page

• 4828

volume

• 28

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tpwrs.2013.2274624