TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of sensor network for secure electric energy infrastructure
AU - León, Ramón A.
AU - Vittal, Vijay
AU - Manimaran, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received April 15, 2005; revised April 4, 2006. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants ECS-0428040 and COLCIENCIAS. Paper no. TPWRD-00226-2005. R. A. Leon and G. Manimaran are with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50014 USA (e-mail: raleon@iastate.edu; gmani@iastate.edu). V. Vittal is with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5706 USA (e-mail: vijay.vittal@asu.edu). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPWRD.2006.886797
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Wireless sensor networks are becoming the technology of choice for sensing applications mostly due to their ease of installation and associated lower costs. This paper proposes a novel conceptual design for an application of wireless sensor technology for assessing the structural health of transmission lines and their implementation to improve the observability and reliability of power systems. A two-layer sensor network model is presented for overcoming the communication range limitations of smart sensors, and two operational modes for enhanced energy efficiency are introduced. Simulations integrating the output of the sensor network with an energy-management system were conducted, obtaining improvement in the security of the power system.
AB - Wireless sensor networks are becoming the technology of choice for sensing applications mostly due to their ease of installation and associated lower costs. This paper proposes a novel conceptual design for an application of wireless sensor technology for assessing the structural health of transmission lines and their implementation to improve the observability and reliability of power systems. A two-layer sensor network model is presented for overcoming the communication range limitations of smart sensors, and two operational modes for enhanced energy efficiency are introduced. Simulations integrating the output of the sensor network with an energy-management system were conducted, obtaining improvement in the security of the power system.
KW - Energy-management system (EMS)
KW - Network sensitivity factors
KW - Power system security
KW - Power transmission lines
KW - Wireless sensor networks
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U2 - 10.1109/TPWRD.2006.886797
DO - 10.1109/TPWRD.2006.886797
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34147116226
SN - 0885-8977
VL - 22
SP - 1021
EP - 1028
JO - IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
JF - IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
IS - 2
ER -