Identifying critical components in electric power systems: A network analytic approach

Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2007, ESREL 2007 - Risk, Reliability and Societal Safety

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 889-897

  Jonsson H ^a   Johansson, J ^a   Johansson, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICITY; MODEL STRUCTURES; POWER TRANSMISSION; RELIABILITY;

COMPONENT FAILURES; CRITICAL COMPONENTS; CRITICAL FAILURES; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWERS; GAIN INSIGHTS; SPECIFIC COMPONENTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS; SYSTEM MODELS; TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; VULNERABILITY OF THE SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 56249100078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (23)

1. Albert, R., Albert, I. & Nakarado, G.L. 2004. Structural vulnerability of the North American power grid. Physical Review E 69(025103): 1-4.
2. Apostolakis, G.E. & Lemon, D.M. 2004. A Screening Methodology for the Identification and Ranking of Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Due to Terrorism. Risk Analysis 24(2): 361-376.
3. Buckle, P. & Mars, G. 2000. New approaches to assessing vulnerability and resilience. Australian Journal ofEmergency Management 15(2): 8-14.
4. Chassin, D.P. & Posse, C. 2005. Evaluating North American electric grid reliability using the Barabasi-Albert network model. Physica A 355(2-4): 667-677.
5. Crucitti, P., Latora, V. & Marchiori, M. 2004. A Topological analysis of the Italian power grid. Physica A 338(1-2): 92-97.
6. Crucitti, P., Latora, V., Marchiori, M. 2005. Locating Critical Lines in High-Voltage Electrical Power Grids. Fluctuation and Noise Letters 5(2): 201-208.
7. Dilley, M. & Boudreau, T.E. 2001. Coming to terms with vulnerability: a critique of the food security definition. Food Policy 26: 229-247.
8. Einarsson, S. & Rausand, M. 1998. An Approach to Vulnerability Analysis of Complex Industrial Systems. Risk Analysis 18(5): 535-546.
9. Gorman, S.P., Schintler, L., Kulkarni, R. & Stough, R. The Revenge of Distance: Vulnerability Analysis of Critical Information Infrastructure. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 12(2): 48-63.
10. Haimes, Y.Y. 2006. On the Definition of Vulnerability in Measuring Risks to Infrastructures. Risk Analysis 26(2): 293-296.
11. Hansson, S.O. & Helgesson, G. 2003. What is Stability? Synthese 136: 219-235.
12. Holmgren, Å. (2006). Using Graph Models to Analyze the Vulnerability of Electric Power Networks. Risk Analysis 26(4): 955-969.
13. Jenelius, E., Petersen, T. & Mattson, L.-G. 2006. Importance and exposure in road network vulnerability analysis. Transportation Research Part A 40: 537-560.
14. Johansson, J., Jönsson, H. & Johansson, H. Analysing the Vulnerability of Electric Distribution Systems: a Step Toward Incorporating the Societal Consequences of Disruptions. To be published in International Journal of Emergency Management.
15. Kinney, R., Crucitti, P., Albert, R. & Latora, V. 2005. Modeling cascading failure in the North American power grid. The European Physical Journal B 46(1): 101-107.
16. Larsson, S. & Ek, E. 2004. The blackout in Southern Sweden and Eastern Denmark, September 23, 2003. in Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting Denver, CO.
17. Latora, V. & Marchiori, M. 2005. Vulnerability and protection of infrastructure networks. Pysical Review E 71(015103): 1-4.
18. Little, R.G. 2002. Controlling Cascading Failure: Understanding the Vulnerabilities of Interconnected Infrastructures. Journal of Urban Technology 9(1): 109-123.
19. Michaud, D. & Apostolakis, G. E. (2006). Methodology for Ranking the Elements of Water-Supply Networks. To be published in Journal of Infrastructure Systems.
20. Newlove, L.M., Stern, E. & Svedin, L. 2000. Auckland Unplugged. Stockholm: Copy Print.
21. U.S.-Canada Power Systems Outage Task Force. 2004. Final Report on the August 14, 2003 Blackout in the United States and Canada: Causes and Recommendations.
22. Weichselgartner, J. 2001. Disaster mitigation: the concept of vulnerability revisited. Disaster Prevention and Management 10(2): 85-94.
23. Wisner, B., Blaikie, P., Cannon, T. & Davis, I. 2004. At Risk: Natural hazards, people's vulnerability and disasters. London: Routledge.