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most citedA Graph Theoretic Approach to Power System Vulnerability Identification

86 citations · 156 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

eess.SP2024

Design and Validation of a Very Low-Power Phasor Measurement Unit

Zachary J. Lythgoe, Thomas F. Long, Michael J. Buchholz +6

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) provide a high-resolution view of the power system at the locations where they are placed. As such, it is desirable to place them in bulk in low vol…

eess.SY2022★ 3 cited

Data-Driven Flow and Injection Estimation in PMU-Unobservable Transmission Systems

Satyaprajna Sahoo, Anwarul Islam Sifat, Anamitra Pal

Fast and accurate knowledge of power flows and power injections is needed for a variety of applications in the electric grid. Phasor measurement units (PMUs) can be used to directl…

eess.SY2022★ 9 cited

Time-Synchronized State Estimation Using Graph Neural Networks in Presence of Topology Changes

Shiva Moshtagh, Anwarul Islam Sifat, Behrouz Azimian +1

Recently, there has been a major emphasis on developing data-driven approaches involving machine learning (ML) for high-speed static state estimation (SE) in power systems. The emp…

eess.SP2022★ 1 cited

Time-Synchronized Full System State Estimation Considering Practical Implementation Challenges

Antos Cheeramban Varghese, Hritik Shah, Behrouz Azimian +2

As the phasor measurement unit (PMU) placement problem involves a cost-benefit trade-off, more PMUs get placed on the higher voltage buses. However, this causes many of the lower v…

eess.SY2022★ 2 cited

Cascading Failures in Power Grids

Rounak Meyur

This paper studies the consequences of a human-initiated targeted attack on the national electric power system. We consider two kinds of attacks: () an attack by an adversary th…

eess.SP2022★ 6 cited

Transmission Line Parameter Estimation Under Non-Gaussian Measurement Noise

Antos Cheeramban Varghese, Anamitra Pal, Gautam Dasarathy

Accurate knowledge of transmission line parameters is essential for a variety of power system monitoring, protection, and control applications. The use of phasor measurement unit (…

eess.SY2022

Representative Scenarios to Capture Renewable Generation Stochasticity and Cross-Correlations

Dhaval Dalal, Anamitra Pal, Philip Augustin

Generating representative scenarios for power system planning in which the stochasticity of renewable generation and cross-correlations between renewables and load are fully captur…

cs.CR2021

GPS Spoofing Attacks on Phasor Measurement Units: Practical Feasibility and Countermeasures

Fakhri Saadedeen, Anamitra Pal

Prior research has demonstrated that global positioning system (GPS) spoofing attacks on phasor measurement units (PMUs) can cripple power system operation. This paper provides an…

eess.SY2021

Mitigation of Saturated Cut-sets During Multiple Outages to Enhance Power System Security

Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal, Trevor Werho +1

Ensuring reliable operation of large power systems subjected to multiple outages is a challenging task because of the combinatorial nature of the problem. Traditional approaches fo…

cs.LG2021

State and Topology Estimation for Unobservable Distribution Systems using Deep Neural Networks

Behrouz Azimian, Reetam Sen Biswas, Shiva Moshtagh +3

Time-synchronized state estimation for reconfigurable distribution networks is challenging because of limited real-time observability. This paper addresses this challenge by formul…

eess.SY2021

Statistical Characterization of Random Errors Present in Synchrophasor Measurements

Demetra Salls, Jairo Ramírez Torres, Antos Cheeramban Varghese +2

The statistical characterization of the measurement errors of a phasor measurement unit (PMU) is currently receiving considerable interest in the power systems community. This pape…

cs.LG2020

Time Synchronized State Estimation for Incompletely Observed Distribution Systems Using Deep Learning Considering Realistic Measurement Noise

Behrouz Azimian, Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal +1

Time-synchronized state estimation is a challenge for distribution systems because of limited real-time observability. This paper addresses this challenge by formulating a deep lea…

eess.SY2020

Identification of Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Penetration Threshold in a Dynamic Setting

Hashem Albhrani, Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal

Integration of renewable energy resources with the electric grid is necessary for a sustainable energy future. However, increased penetration of inverter based resources (IBRs) red…

eess.SY2020

Fast Identification of Saturated Cut-sets using Graph Search Techniques

Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal, Trevor Werho +1

When multiple outages occur in rapid succession, it is important to know quickly if the power transfer capability of different interconnections (or cut-sets) of the power network a…

eess.SY2020

A Micro-PMU Placement Scheme for Distribution Systems Considering Practical Constraints

Reetam Sen Biswas, Behrouz Azimian, Anamitra Pal

This paper presents an innovative approach to micro-phasor measurement unit (micro-PMU) placement in unbalanced distribution networks. The methodology accounts for the presence of…

eess.SY2020★ 86 cited

A Graph Theoretic Approach to Power System Vulnerability Identification

Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal, Trevor Werho +1

During major power system disturbances, when multiple component outages occur in rapid succession, it becomes crucial to quickly identify the transmission interconnections that hav…

eess.SP2020★ 1 cited

Fast DTW and Fuzzy Clustering for Scenario Generation in Power System Planning Problems

Malhar Padhee, Anamitra Pal

Power system planning problems become computationally intractable if one accounts for all uncertain operating scenarios. Consequently, one selects a subset of scenarios that are re…

math.OC2020★ 2 cited

Optimal BESS Allocation in Large Transmission Networks Using Linearized BESS Models

Malhar Padhee, Anamitra Pal, Chetan Mishra +1

The most commonly used model for battery energy storage systems (BESSs) in optimal BESS allocation problems is a constant-efficiency model. However, the charging and discharging ef…

eess.SY2020

Adaptive LVRT Settings Adjustment for Enhancing Voltage Security of Renewable-Rich Electric Grids

Chen Wang, Chetan Mishra, Reetam Sen Biswas +2

Inverter based renewable generation (RG), especially at the distribution level, is supposed to trip offline during an islanding situation. However, islanding detection is done by c…

cs.NI2020★ 4 cited

A New Model to Analyze Power and Communication System Intra-and-Inter Dependencies

Sohini Roy, Harish Chandrasekaran, Anamitra Pal +1

The reliable and resilient operation of the smart grid necessitates a clear understanding of the intra-and-inter dependencies of its power and communication systems. This understan…

math.DS2019★ 10 cited

Critical Clearing Time Sensitivity for Inequality Constrained Systems

Chetan Mishra, Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal +1

With the growth of renewable generation (RG) and the development of associated ride through curves serving as operating limits, during disturbances, on violation of these limits, t…

eess.SY2019

Application of Machine Learning for Online Dynamic Security Assessment in Presence of System Variability and Additive Instrumentation Errors

Anubhav Nath, Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal

Large-scale blackouts that have occurred in the past few decades have necessitated the need to do extensive research in the field of grid security assessment. With the aid of synch…

eess.SY2019

A PMU Based Islanding Detection Scheme Immune to Additive Instrumentation Channel Errors

Meghna Barkakati, Reetam Sen Biswas, Anamitra Pal

Traditional synchrophasor measurement-based islanding detection techniques have primarily relied on voltage angle measurements and/or their derivatives for successfully detecting i…

eess.SY2019★ 2 cited

Can Predictive Filters Detect Gradually Ramping False Data Injection Attacks Against PMUs?

Zhigang Chu, Andrea Pinceti, Reetam Sen Biswas +3

Intelligently designed false data injection (FDI) attacks have been shown to be able to bypass the -test based bad data detector (BDD), resulting in physical consequences (suc…