Smart Grids

3	Emerging Wide-Area Power Applications with Mission-Critical Data Delivery Requirements
Greg Zweigle

CONTENTS

3.1    Introduction

3.2    System Analysis

3.3    Situational Awareness

3.4    Stability Assessment

3.5    Wide-Area Control

3.5.1    Automatic

3.5.2    Operator Initiated

3.6    Transient Instability Mitigation

3.7    System Protection

3.8    Summary Tables

References

3.1    INTRODUCTION

Our electric power system plays a critical role in present-day society. The many benefits of electricity include its versatility, reliability, safety, and low cost. In terms of versatility, when new sources of energy such as wind or solar are considered, the best method to transmit their power to consumers is by converting it to electricity. ...