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Exploration of power flow distribution to reveal scale-free characteristics in power grids

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conference contribution
posted on 2024-06-02, 13:46 authored by ABM Nasiruzzaman, MN Akter, MA Mahmud, HR Pota
An investigation into the power flow distribution is conducted to better understand the vulnerability of power grids. The distribution of number of links connected to any random node of the power grid follows an exponential distribution. Hence, network theory based topological degree distribution of power grids does not provide useful information about critical elements (e.g., nodes and links). Hence, the distribution of an alternative functional parameter of power grids, node flow, is scrutinized with a view to gain understanding of the paradoxical robust but fragile characteristics explained by power-law distribution. We show that, although the node flow follows the exponential distribution, a meticulous examination of the distribution of high power flow nodes reveals the scale-free characteristics.

History

Pagination

1-5

Location

Chicago, Ill.

Start date

2017-07-16

End date

2017-07-20

ISSN

1944-9925

ISBN-13

978-1-5386-2212-4

Language

English

Publication classification

E Conference publication, E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2017, IEEE

Editor/Contributor(s)

[Unknown]

Title of proceedings

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting

Event

IEEE Power & Energy Society. Conference (2017 : Chicago, Ill.)

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Place of publication

Piscataway, N.J.

Series

IEEE Power and Energy Society Conference