The Value of Recovery Transformers in Protecting an Electric Transmission Grid Against Attack
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Salmeron, Javier
Wood, R. Kevin
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Power system modeling
restoration and protection
security
substations
transformers
restoration and protection
security
substations
transformers
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2014-09-20
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This paper incorporates, as part of an attacker-defender (AD) model for an electric power transmission grid, an inventory of "recovery spares" for high-voltage transformers (HVTs). In this sequential-game model, an attacker first uses limited resources to disable grid components, seeking to maximize second-stage "total cost." This value corresponds to a defender who operates the damaged grid to minimize generating and economic load-shedding costs. The defender's problem includes 1) optimal power-flow solutions to represent post-attack operations, 2) optimized replacement of disabled HTVs with quickly installable recovery spares, and 3) longer-term replacements using new procurements. Global Benders decomposition, with a mixed-integer subproblem, solves the AD model; new enumerative techniques help solve the decomposition's master problem and subproblems. Computational tests demonstrate tradeoffs between the number of recovery spares and worst-case total cost, and show how the model could help guide an inventory strategy for recovery spares in an adversarial setting.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2014.2360401
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Operations Research
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IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.