GridStat: A Flexible QoS-Managed Data Dissemination Framework for the Power Grid

• Published in: IEEE transactions on power delivery 2009-01, Vol.24 (1), p.136-143
• Main Authors: Gjermundrod, H., Bakken, D.E., Hauser, C.H., Bose, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Communication system control; Computer control of power systems; Control systems; Data communication; distributed control; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electrical machines; Electrical power engineering; energy-management systems; Exact sciences and technology; Global Positioning System; High voltages; Middleware; Miscellaneous; Monitoring; Operation. Load control. Reliability; Power grids; Power networks and lines; power system measurements; power system monitoring; Power system protection; quality of service (QoS); Real time; Regulation and control; Robustness; Substation protection; Substations; supervisory control and data-access (SCADA) systems; Transmission; Voltage control; wide-area control
• ISSN: 0885-8977; 1937-4208
• DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2008.917693

With the increase in the monitoring of operational data at very high rates in high voltage substations and the ability to time synchronize these data with global positioning systems, there is a growing need for transmitting this data for monitoring, operation, protection, and control needs. The sets of data that need to be transferred and the speed at which they need to be transferred depend on the application-for example, slow for postevent analysis, near real time for monitoring and as close to real time as possible for control or protection. In this paper, we describe GridStat, a novel middleware framework we have developed to provide flexible, robust, and secure data communications for the power grid's operations. Test results demonstrate that such a flexible framework can also guarantee latency that is suitable for fast wide-area protection and control.