Smart Grids

7	Power Grid Network Analysis for Smart Grid Applications
Zhifang Wang, Anna Scaglione, and Robert J. Thomas

CONTENTS

7.1    Introduction

7.2    System Model

7.3    Topology Measures of Power Grids

7.3.1    Topological Metrics

7.3.2    Small-World Wiring

7.3.3    The Nodal Degree Distribution

7.3.4    The Graph Spectrum and the Scaling of Connectivity

7.4    Line Impedance Distribution

7.5    A Model to Generate RT Test Networks

7.5.1    clusterSmallWorld Subnetwork

7.5.2    Lattice Connections

7.5.3    Assignment of Line Impedances

7.6    Topological Analysis for the Distribution Networks

7.6.1    Structure of the Distribution Network

7.6.2    Graph Theoretic Analysis of a Sample MV Distribution Network

7.6.3    The PMF of the Node Degrees ...