Book contents
- Resilience Engineering for Power and Communications Systems
- Resilience Engineering for Power and Communications Systems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Fundamental Supporting Concepts
- 3 Resilience Models and Metrics
- 4 Dependencies and Interdependencies and Their Effect on Resilience
- 5 Disaster Forensics of Infrastructure Systems
- 6 Electric Power Grid Resilience
- 7 Resilience of Information and Communication Networks
- 8 Integrated Electric Power and Communications Infrastructure Resilience
- 9 Infrastructure Systems Planning for Improved Resilience
- Index
- References
6 - Electric Power Grid Resilience
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- Resilience Engineering for Power and Communications Systems
- Resilience Engineering for Power and Communications Systems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Fundamental Supporting Concepts
- 3 Resilience Models and Metrics
- 4 Dependencies and Interdependencies and Their Effect on Resilience
- 5 Disaster Forensics of Infrastructure Systems
- 6 Electric Power Grid Resilience
- 7 Resilience of Information and Communication Networks
- 8 Integrated Electric Power and Communications Infrastructure Resilience
- 9 Infrastructure Systems Planning for Improved Resilience
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter is dedicated to examining strategies and technologies for improving power grids’ resilience. The first part of this chapter focuses on traditional power grids by presenting technologies and management approaches for improved resilience at the power generation, transmission, and distribution levels and by discussing strategies for enhanced withstanding capability or reduced restoration speed. The second part of this chapter explores the effect that the evolution of power grids into “smart” grids may likely have in the future. Advanced technologies that have already been implemented at all levels of power grids are discussed. Alternative power distribution approaches implemented at the load level, such as microgrids, able to significantly improve resilience with respect to traditional power grids, are also described in this chapter.
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- Resilience Engineering for Power and Communications SystemsNetworked Infrastructure in Extreme Events, pp. 276 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024